Unmarriage

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cohabitation of unmarried persons living as married couples. countable, uncountable

    "Of course, unmarriage isn't a guarantee of love everlasting any more than marriage is."

  2. 2
    The condition of staying not married. countable, uncountable

    "If I sum up my statement thus: "Eugenics, as discussed, evidently means the control of some men over the marriage and unmarriage of others; and probably means the control of the few over the marriage and unmarriage of the many," […]"

Example

More examples

"Of course, unmarriage isn't a guarantee of love everlasting any more than marriage is."

Etymology

From un- + marriage.

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