Affair
//əˈfɛə//
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The word "affair" can be used as a noun.
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activity adulterous adulterous event adultery alliance around bad betrayal betraying betraying wife bill bill clinton broken broken marriage cheat cheat married cheat spouse cheating cheating adultery cheating lovers cheating man cheating on cheating partner cheating relationship cheating spouse clinton dalliance divorce elicit encounter event extra extra marital extramarital extramarital alliance extramarital involvement extramarital love extramarital relation extramarital relationship extramarital thing extramarital tryst extramarital venture fling flirting fooling fooling around forbidden forbidden relationship fornication genitals happening have hotel hotel room hotels hullabaloo husband husband wife illegal illegal love illegal relationship illicit illicit intercourse illicit love illicit meeting illicit relationship illicit tryst in marriage infidelity intercourse involvement liaison like like cheating love love cheat love cheating love forbidden love happening love illicit love outside love relationship lovers lustful lustful activity man marital marital dalliance marital transgression marriage marriage cheating marriage infidelity marriages married married person meeting naughty naughty relationship nice outside outside marriage partner people person problem relation relationship relationship problem remember rendezvous romance romantic romantic relationship romantic rendezvous room ruined ruined marriages scandalous secret secret liaison secret love secret relationship secret romance sex sex encounter sexual sexual relationship sleep sleep with spouse transgression tryst two two people venture wife woman woman relationship
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