corespondent
Named in divorce
A corespondent is a person cited in a divorce proceeding as having committed adultery with the respondent (the spouse being divorced).
The term belongs to legal contexts where adultery serves as grounds for divorce: The husband named his wife's lover as corespondent.
Not to be confused with correspondent, meaning one who corresponds or reports news.
Lover in secret affair
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
cheating · mistress · lover · tryst · liaison · illicit · homewrecker · philanderer
paramour
Lover in secret affair
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
unfaithful · cheating · mistress · lover · tryst · liaison · illicit · homewrecker · philanderer · seducer
defendant
Party facing charges
testimony · deposition · evidence · summons · subpoena · matrimonial · alimony · custody · judgment · courtroom
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
notoriety · infamy · disgrace · shame · sensational · affair · named · outed · public · rumor
corespondentfaithful wife
response, responsible, respond, responsibility, responsive, correspondent