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companionate marriage

companionate marriage noun: a marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.

Noun

companionate marriage (plural companionate marriages)

  1. A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.
  2. (social history) A conception of marriage where complicity, communication and support between spouses are considered important, rather than purely material questions of inheritance etc.

Forms of companionate marriage

pluralcompanionate marriages

Questions about companionate marriage

What does companionate marriage mean?
Companionate marriage means a marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.
What part of speech is companionate marriage?
Companionate marriage is a noun.
What is the plural of companionate marriage?
The plural of companionate marriage is companionate marriages.

Words near companionate marriage in the dictionary

  1. companionable
  2. companionableness
  3. companionably
  4. companionage
  5. companionate
  6. companionate marriage
  7. companionate marriages
  8. companioned
  9. companioness
  10. companionesses
  11. companionhood

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