infidelity

CEFRC1

/ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Unfaithfulness to a partner or an important promise.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Lack of religious belief.

Examples

  • Dania had to cope with years of abuse and infidelity.

  • Tom is finding it hard to come to terms with Mary's infidelity.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.

  2. Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.

More examples

In context

  • She's warning me about his infidelity.

  • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist The Churchman remarked that such incidents arose from the growing infidelity, while the Freethinker saw in them a reversion to superstition.

  • Your friends tell you rumors about your girlfriend's infidelity or you remember being broken up around the time the baby was conceived.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English infidelite, from Middle French infidelité (modern French infidélité) and its etymon Latin īnfidēlitās. Equivalent to infidel + -ity.