Affair
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An affair is a relationship typically between two people, one or both of whom are either married or in a long-term monogamous or emotionally-exclusive relationship with another person. The affair can
The Stolen Kiss by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Adultery
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Adultery is generally defined as extramarital sex that is or was considered objectionable on social, religious and moral grounds, and which often resulted in legal consequences. Although the sexual ac
Affair
…families, may consider sanctioned affairs the norm, but when a non-sanctioned affair occurs, it is described as infidelity and may be experienced as adultery, or a betrayal both of trust and integrity, even though to most people it would not be considered illicit. When romantic affairs lack both overt and…
Illustration depicting an adulterous wife, circa 1800
Public punishment of adulterers in Venice, 17th century
Susannah accused of adultery, by Antoine Coypel
Le supplice des adultères, by Jules Arsène Garnier, showing two adulterers being punished