COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

common-law marriage

noun

Definition of common-law marriage

as in mixed marriage

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Noun

His mother, Marie Jillich, went by Miriam to appease her in-laws who disapproved of the mixed marriage.

— Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.

— Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025

Definition of mixed marriage

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Math alone makes opening domestic partnership to polyamorous relationships challenging.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Life is full of necessary but mundane tasks, and in a domestic partnership, division of labor—who is doing the cooking, who is cleaning, who's got a handle on laundry—always comes up.

— Jana Pollack, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of domestic partnership

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The project was part of a $1 billion modernization program. 2011: For the first time in Illinois history, gay and lesbian couples obtained civil unions.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
The 2014 act went further than the original laws by banning marriages and civil unions, the operation of gay organizations and social clubs, public expressions of LGBTQ+ identity and advocacy of LGBTQ+ rights.

— Damisola Sulaiman, The Dial, 20 Feb. 2025

Definition of civil union

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Those included a cohabitation agreement that said the couple would live together and soon marry.

— Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
And one of the big issues Communio deals with in helping churches is how to fight back against cohabitation, which has become the norm today.

— Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

Definition of cohabitation

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Meanwhile, the palace has been besieged by loutish suitors, led by the scheming Antinous (Robert Pattinson), all of them vying for the queen’s hand in remarriage and mooching off the absent king’s food and wine.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Despite John and Pat’s remarriage, John continued living in the Cramerton home with Yaffe, according to court records.

— Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

Definition of remarriage

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So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.

— Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
But intermarriage could not protect the indigenous peoples, and through wars, disease, and famine their numbers continued to wane.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of intermarriage

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