Companionate
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another. historical
- 2 Friendly, companionable.
- 3 Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.
"Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection."
Adjective
- 1 like a companion wordnet
Example
More examples"Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection."
Etymology
From companion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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