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matrimony

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of matrimony

a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people

we intend to be joined in matrimony until "death do us part"

Synonyms of matrimony

conjugality, connubiality, marriage, match, wedlock

Words Related to matrimony

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 of matrimony

annulment, divorce, separation

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