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civil unions

civil unions is the plural of civil union.

Meaning of civil union

Noun

civil union (plural civil unions)

  1. A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.
    Synonyms:
    domestic partnership, registered partnership, registered relationship, significant relationship

Questions about civil unions

What is civil unions the plural of?
Civil unions is the plural of civil union.

Words near civil unions in the dictionary

  1. civil trial
  2. civil trials
  3. civil twilight
  4. civil twilights
  5. civil union
  6. civil unions
  7. civil violation
  8. civil violations
  9. civil war
  10. civil wars
  11. civil wrong

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Adapted from Wiktionary: civil unions (page history and authors); civil union (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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