affair An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person who may neither agree to such relationship nor even be aware of i ...

is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment between two people without the attached person's significant other knowing. Affair may also refer to: * Foreign affairs, **as in

Foreign policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...

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Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...

(publication) * Internal affairs, as in law enforcement * ''Affair'' (album), a 1988 album by Cherrelle * ''Affairs'' (album), a 1980 album by Elliott Murphy * ''Affair'' (film), a 2010 Indonesian film * Political affairs, see

political scandal In politics, a political scandal is an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage. Politicians, government officials, party officials and lobbyists can be accused of various illegal, corrupt, unethic ...

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