cohabitation

Examples

• All

• No antagonism, no sense of humiliation, degradation, or sinfulness disturbed the cohabitation of spirit and flesh.

  Academic text (1996)

• Many couples choose cohabitation as an alternative to marriage, enjoying the benefits of living together.

• Lots of people having children within cohabitation, not seeing a reason to marry.

  Harvard University

• I agree with those saying the post sounds more like it's for cohabitation rather than marriage specifically.

  Blog text (7)

• I mean, I brought up the cohabitation topic recently, and we gave it some serious thought.

  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

• Another factor contributing to the overall rise in cohabitation is the trend of adults living with parents.

  Academic text (2017)

• I thought there were laws in the city against illicit cohabitation.

  Youth in Revolt (2009)

• On a more conciliatory note, I strongly believe that cohabitation is one of the main energies.

  Blog text (32)

• Think of how views have changed on divorce, single parenthood, cohabitation, and blended families in recent decades.

  Blog text (8)

• Consensual unions and cohabitation still account for the living arrangements of only a tiny fraction of Russia's young adults.

  Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

C

concubinage

vscohabitation

• Archaic

1 9.9

Living with someone as a couple without being legally married

is broader and neutral and includes sexual relationship as part of living together

C

co-residence

vscohabitation

4.4

People who live together in the same house or home

emphasizes sexual relationship alongside living together rather than just sharing a home

Antonyms

S

separation

89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

How Committed

marriage

∞ 1.0

civil union

• US

18 3.9

cohabitation

• NSFW

9 5.1

dating

357 1.6

hookup

• NSFW

20 8.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology