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wedlock

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wedlock

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

joined the happy couple in holy wedlock

Synonyms of wedlock

conjugality, connubiality, marriage, match, matrimony

Words Related to wedlock

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 wedlock

annulment, divorce, separation

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