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recohabitation

recohabitation noun: cohabitation again, after a period of living apart.

Noun

recohabitation (uncountable)

  1. Cohabitation again, after a period of living apart.
    • Indeed, the death of a spouse appears to be one of the catalysts of recohabitation. The average age of parents is slightly lower in cases of recohabitation.1996, Howard Litwin, The Social Networks of Older People: A Cross-National Analysis, page 46

Origin of recohabitation

re- + cohabitation

Questions about recohabitation

What does recohabitation mean?
Recohabitation means cohabitation again, after a period of living apart.
What part of speech is recohabitation?
Recohabitation is a noun.

Words near recohabitation in the dictionary

  1. recognizors
  2. recognosce
  3. recognosced
  4. recognosces
  5. recognoscing
  6. recohabitation
  7. recohere
  8. recohered
  9. recoherence
  10. recoheres
  11. recohering

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