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▸ noun: (biblical, loosely) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the sixth/seventh commandment; sinful sexual behavior as a category.
▸ noun: (biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
▸ noun: (ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
▸ noun: (political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
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fornication,
criminal conversation,
adultry,
infidelity,
adulting,
bawdry,
straying,
wedbreach,
bigamy,
two-timing,
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