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[[File:Jules Arsène Garnier - Le supplice des adultères.jpg|thumb|350px|''Le supplice des adultères'' by [[Jules Arsène Garnier]] shows an adulterous couple being punished]]
'''Adultery''' (informally known as '''cheating''' in non-religious situations) is a word used in [[religion|religious]] texts like [[Exodus]] 20:14. Adultery applies to a [[married]] person [[sexual intercourse|
In countries where religion is important, adultery often comes with a heavy punishment. Some [[Muslim]] countries punish it with death by [[stoning]]. In most countries adultery is no longer a [[crime]], but most people still see it as a bad thing.(see [[Gospel of John]] 8) If a person who is married takes part in adultery, that person's husband or wife would usually have the right to be able to go to [[court]] to [[divorce]] them.
== Word origin ==
The word adultery originates not from “adult”, as is commonly thought in English-speaking countries, but from the Late Latin word for “to alter, corrupt”: “adulterare”. “Adulterare” in turn is formed by the combination of “ad” (towards), and “alter” (other), together with the infinitive form “are” (making it a verb). Thus the meaning is literally “to make other”. In contrast, the word “adult” (meaning a person of mature years) comes from another Latin root, “adolescere”, meaning to grow up or mature: a combination of “ad” (towards), “alere” (to nourish, to grow), and the inchoative infix “sc”(meaning to enter into a state of).
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