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English noun: wedlock

1. wedlock (state) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)


SamplesA long and happy marriage.
God bless this union.


Synonymsmarriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union


Broader (hypernym)marital status


Narrower (hyponym)bigamy, common-law marriage, cuckoldom, endogamy, exogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage, intermarriage, marriage of convenience, misalliance, monandry, monogamousness, monogamy, open marriage, polygamy, sigeh


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law









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