Affair
An affair is a euphemism for a situation where two people are involved in an illicit sexual, romantic and/or passionate attachment, usually for a limited duration. The term usually implies sexual impropriety, but it is not necessarily the case.The euphemism is also applied to marital infidelity where one partner has an outside sexual relationship: a liaison. It is sometimes accompanied by scandal.
Affairs in the political sense may be any kind of involvement in illicit business by any kind by public representatives, such as in the Watergate affair.
