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breaking wedlock

breaking wedlock is the present participle and gerund of break wedlock.

Meaning of break wedlock

Verb

break wedlock (third-person singular simple present breaks wedlock, present participle breaking wedlock, simple past broke wedlock, past participle broken wedlock)

  1. To commit adultery.

Questions about breaking wedlock

What is breaking wedlock the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking wedlock is the present participle and gerund of break wedlock.

Words near breaking wedlock in the dictionary

  1. breaking the wheel
  2. breaking through
  3. breaking up
  4. breaking upon the wheel
  5. breaking water
  6. breaking wedlock
  7. breaking wheel
  8. breaking wheels
  9. breaking wind
  10. breaking with
  11. breaking with tradition

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