companionate marriage
companionate marriage · companionate marriages
A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right…A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.
Meaning
2 sensesA marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.
A conception of marriage where complicity, communication and support between spouses are considered important, rather than purely material questions of inheritance etc.
Forms
plural: companionate marriages| Singular | companionate marriage |
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regular