Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Being in violation of marriage vows; adulterous.
  • adjective Having to do with a person other than one's spouse.

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  • adjective Taking place outside marriage.
  • adjective Adulterous

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  • adjective characterized by adultery

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Examples

  • In order to spice things up a bit, the wife gives her husband a “hall pass,” which allows him to engage in extramarital encounters for a whole week.

    Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis Might Get a HALL PASS – Collider.com 2010

  • Pentecostals do not drink, gamble, or engage in extramarital sex; so all of that formerly illicit energy can go into either business or education.

    God’s Country 2008

  • Larry Craig and David Vitter — “two United States Senators implicated in extramarital sexual activity” — have named themselves as co-sponsors of S.J. Res. 43, the Marriage Protection Amendment.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • In 1929, after approaching him for mentorship, Frida Kahlo married another Mexican artist, Diego Rivera, but while he encouraged her art, their marriage was fairly tumultuous, as both had hot tempers and engaged in extramarital affairs.

    All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Inspiring Women: Frida Kahlo 2008

  • Larry Craig and David Vitter — “two United States Senators implicated in extramarital sexual activity” — have named themselves as co-sponsors of S.J. Res. 43, the Marriage Protection Amendment.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Pentecostals do not drink, gamble, or engage in extramarital sex; so all of that formerly illicit energy can go into either business or education.

    God’s Country 2008

  • If [libertarians] allow that [using recreational drugs, watching pornography, engaging in extramarital sex, and so forth] might nevertheless be morally wrong, the conservative can in principle endorse the libertarian program.

    Confusionism 2007

  • When engaging in extramarital gay sex, do you have to wear a wetsuit?

    Balloon Juice » 2007 » November 2007

  • Your hypocrisy is well known, campaigning for morality while engaged in extramarital affairs and demonstrating an absence of even a shred of compassion.

    Think Progress » Gingrich: ‘This Is, In Fact, World War III’ And The U.S. ‘Ought To Be Helping’ 2006

  • From USA Today: "To hear Premiere magazine tell it, Arnold Schwarzenegger is an uncouth boor who frequently groped women and engaged in extramarital liaisons."

    Boing Boing: February 11, 2001 - February 17, 2001 Archives 2001

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