conjugality

a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people the level of mutual affection and respect that comes only with decades of contented conjugality Synonyms marriage, connubiality, match, matrimony, wedlockRelated 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, trothNear Antonyms annulment, divorce, separation