marriage; matrimony; union; spousal relationship; wedlock




the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

"a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"

Type of:
  • marital status

Types:
  • bigamy
  • common-law marriage
  • endogamy; intermarriage; inmarriage
  • exogamy; intermarriage
  • marriage of convenience
  • misalliance
  • monandry
  • monogamy; monogamousness
  • open marriage
  • cuckoldom
  • polygamy
  • sigeh


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