domestic partnership

noun

A legal or personal relationship between individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are not joined in a traditional marriage or a civil union. Typically the partners in a domestic partnership enjoy at least part of the rights that the married couples have.

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Meanings

noundomestic partnership (plural domestic partnerships)

plural domestic partnerships

  1. A legal or personal relationship between individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are not joined in a traditional marriage or a civil union. Typically the partners in a domestic partnership enjoy at least part of the rights that the married couples have.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
civil partnershipcivil union

Translations

Finnish rekisteröity parisuhde, avoliitto
  • rekisteröity parisuhdelegal relationship
  • avoliittopersonal relationship
Hungarian élettársi kapcsolat, életvitelszerű együttélés
  • élettársi kapcsolatlegal relationship
  • életvitelszerű együttéléslegal relationship
Spanish pareja de hecho
  • pareja de hecholegal relationship
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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