companionate marriages

A form of companionate marriage — A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of companionate marriage
Cite this entry
APA

companionate marriages. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/companionate%20marriages

MLA

“companionate marriages.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/companionate%20marriages. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “companionate marriages,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/companionate%20marriages.

Source: companionate marriages on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.