Infidelity is an English word with synonyms like unfaithfulness or quality. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Infidelity in a sentence
Infidelity meaning
- 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.
- Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
- Lack of religious belief.
Synonyms of Infidelity
Using Infidelity
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation. | Lack of religious belief.
- Useful related words include: unfaithfulness, quality, faithfulness, fidelity.
- In the example corpus, infidelity often appears in combinations such as: of infidelity, infidelity and, his infidelity.
Context around Infidelity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Infidelity
- In this selection, "infidelity" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, emotional, sexual, consensual, cheating, generally and kalani stand out and add context to how "infidelity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about his infidelity tom has and accusations of infidelity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "infidelity" sits close to words such as announcer, aubameyang and californians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with infidelity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Financial infidelity is more common among younger couples. (8 words)
Chantel then alleged infidelity and abuse before staying silent on their marital issues. (13 words)
Dear Amy: “Shocked by Reality” discovered her partner’s online infidelity after his death. (14 words)
Due to the seven years that have passed since the emotional infidelity, the reason why Meri’s marriage to Kody ended has been largely attributed to Kody's lack of affection for his first wife. (35 words)
I do not have any evidence of infidelity, but he is a naturally private person, and I harbor fear that he may have another woman on the side – not so much sexually as emotionally. (34 words)
This suggests that for men sexual infidelity would generally be more aversive than emotional infidelity because investing resources in another man's offspring does not lead to propagation of their own genes. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Dominic made his feelings on infidelity quite clear during an Evening Standard interview, back in 2016, when he asked the reporter why wives make such a fuss over infidelity.
This suggests that for men sexual infidelity would generally be more aversive than emotional infidelity because investing resources in another man's offspring does not lead to propagation of their own genes.
When a relationship ends, non-consensual infidelity (" cheating ") is often grounds for an unfavorable divorce settlement, and infidelity generally could easily be seized upon as a prejudicial issue by an antagonistic partner.
And when the arguments, petty grievances and actual infidelity all gets revealed, it works both dramatically and comedically.
Ariana and Tom were together for almost 10 years before his infidelity with Raquel Leviss was exposed.
Chantel then alleged infidelity and abuse before staying silent on their marital issues.
Dear Amy: “Shocked by Reality” discovered her partner’s online infidelity after his death.
Despite a history of infidelity, Kalani and Asuelu are slowly rebuilding their relationship on the show.
Despite this, Angela wasn’t called out for her own infidelity and was surprisingly let off the hook when it came to interrogations.
Devastated by his infidelity, she started drinking heavily and putting on weight, prompting a disgusted Ryan to divorce her.
Due to the seven years that have passed since the emotional infidelity, the reason why Meri’s marriage to Kody ended has been largely attributed to Kody's lack of affection for his first wife.
Duncan says in the weeks and months following Charles’ death, police learned of information that Charles had become a “dark spirit” and there were accusations of infidelity.
Financial infidelity is more common among younger couples.
Following suspicions of infidelity, a DNA test was performed, which revealed that Atandwa Kani was not the biological father of the twins.
From his fling with Raquel, to revealing more about his infidelity, Tom has already owned up to some ugly truths.
Gabrielle said she 'felt entitled' to infidelity during her first marriage to NFL star Chris Howard.
However, women caught in infidelity were bound and cast into the Euphrates along with their lovers.
I do not have any evidence of infidelity, but he is a naturally private person, and I harbor fear that he may have another woman on the side – not so much sexually as emotionally.
In a new interview, the former soccer star was asked how he handled public criticism following his split from the "Waka Waka" singer in June 2022 due to his infidelity.
In the spin-off 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After season 6, the couple called it quits after accusations of infidelity and Angela wrecking Michael's car.
Common combinations with infidelity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of infidelity 44×
- infidelity and 30×
- his infidelity 13×
- her infidelity 10×
- and infidelity 8×
- to infidelity 6×
- the infidelity 6×
- infidelity in 6×
- financial infidelity 5×
- infidelity is 5×