Definition of "extramarital" []

• Being in violation of marriage vows; adulterous: an extramarital affair. (adjective)

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