extramarital affairs
Outside-the-marriage liaisons
Sexual or romantic relationships with someone other than one's spouse.
The phrase is neutral compared to alternatives like "cheating" or "adultery," often appearing in clinical or journalistic contexts: The study examined attitudes toward extramarital affairs.
An affair implies ongoing involvement rather than a single encounter.
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- caught cheatingDiscovered being dishonest
broken vows · alimony · flirting · scandal · trust issues · secret lover · betrayal · gaslighting · guilty conscience · guilt · secrecy · office romance · one night stand · hotel room · temptation · prenup · suspicion · regret
- affairs
- sexual sinsfornication, adultery, lust, lechery, lewdness
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Loyalty within marriage
faithfulness · monogamy · fidelity · loyalty · devotion
extramarital affairshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
openness · transparency · trust · open marriage · ethical non-monogamy
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