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marriage

  • noun
  • marr·iage
  • mărʹĭj

The state of being married. from 14th c.

Example

“You should enter marriage for love.”

Other meanings

  1. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.

  2. The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.

Synonyms

  • wedding

Antonyms

  • divorce

Example sentences

  • “I don't want our marriage to fall apart.”

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  • “She was forced into marriage.”

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Word history

From Latin "marītō" (marry).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “marriage” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.