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Meaning of companionate marriage

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

companionate

adjective

Definitions

  1. Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another.

  2. Friendly, companionable.

  3. Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.