wedlock

wedlock

noun

Definition of WEDLOCK

a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people <joined the happy couple in holy wedlock>

Synonyms conjugality, connubiality, match, matrimony, wedlock

Related Words monogamy; bigamy, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny; intermarriage, miscegenation, mixed marriage, remarriage; cohabitation, common-law marriage; civil union, domestic partnership; attachment, commitment, relationship; betrothal, engagement, espousal, hand, pledge, promise, proposal, troth

Near Antonyms annulment, divorce, separation