English noun: wedlock | |||
| 1. | wedlock (state) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | ||
| Samples | A long and happy marriage. God bless this union. | ||
| Synonyms | marriage, 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 category | jurisprudence, law | ||