as in infidelities
a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
adultery is the cause of many divorces
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Everyone’s various infidelities and fights reach boiling point, with Karl and Orson coming to blows at the Christmas block party, Dylan discovering her mother has been lying to her, and Lynette attempting to apologize to Gaby and Carlos for suing them.—
Marianne Eloise,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2024 -
Although the fourth season included murders, infidelities and a missing child, the drama was only a thriller in the emotional sense, an astonishing culmination of 30-plus episodes of selfishness, altruism, devotion and betrayal.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Adulteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulteries. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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