marital infidelity
Cheating on spouse
Marital infidelity is sexual or romantic involvement with someone other than one's spouse.
The term appears in legal, clinical, and formal contexts where *cheating* or *affair* might seem too casual: The marriage ended after years of marital infidelity.
It encompasses everything from one-night stands to sustained extramarital relationships.
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- cheating spouseUnfaithful marriage partner
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- emotional affairNon-physical romantic betrayal
one night stand · stigma · betrayal · jealousy · love triangle · sexting · guilt · annulment · anxiety · secrecy · shame · alimony · taboo · mistress · secret lover · affair partner · depression · rationalization
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Loyalty within marriage
faithfulness · fidelity · monogamy · loyalty · devotion
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Moral soundness and consistency
honor · trustworthiness · honesty · faithfulness · uprightness
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