Noun

(adulteries)

Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.

She engaged in adultery because her spouse has a low libido, while hers is very high.

(Bible) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

(Bible) Faithlessness in religion.

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. (King James Version)

(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.

(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.

(obsolete) adulteration; corruption

(Ben Jonson)

(obsolete) injury; degradation; ruin

* Ben Jonson

You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature.

Noun

(-)

Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.

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The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution', leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child ' prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.

Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.

(by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.

The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.