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Meanings of free union in English

Romantic relationship without official recognition.

Synonyms
Examples for "cohabitation"
Examples for "cohabitation"
1
But it's an offer, anyway.' Ah, negotiating the terms of modern cohabitation.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
2
At that moment I hadn't the energy to deflect talk of cohabitation.
Speaking in Bones
3
But we're already at a much lower level of cohabitation than before.
Reuters
4
In men there were no changes in cohabitation status or emotional distress.
Pubmed
5
Their love cannot be sullied by baubles like marriage or long-term cohabitation.
The Guardian
Usage of free union in English
1
Legally married; the proposal of free union was to be a test only.
The Odd Women
2
But a free union presupposes equality of position.
The Odd Women
3
He no longer cared on what terms he obtained her-legalmarriage or free union-itwas indifferent to him.
The Odd Women
4
If she rejected his proposal of a free union, was he prepared to marry her in legal form?
The Odd Women
5
The question of the relations of the sexes he also looked upon as thoroughly solved by accepting free union.
Resurrection
6
It called for government officials to form a free union, and said they should be able to work without political interference.
The Guardian
7
Separation they did not demand, but a free union with the mother country, to the mutual enrichment and advantage of both.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 / F...
8
Aunt Rosalind on free unions... that would be terrible to have to hear.
Dangerous Ages
9
Free unions often last for years and years-sometimesforever.
Dangerous Ages
10
You, I believe, prefer "the Free Union," as it is called, to marriage?
The Black Cat: A Play in Three Acts
11
Their watch-word was "A Free Union or Disintegration."
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
12
'But as likely as not it will be marriage without forms-simplya free union.'
The Odd Women
13
The more or less permanent free unions formed among us in Europe are usually to be regarded merely as trial-marriages.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 / Sex in Relation to ...
14
"Well, I must say," said Miss Tarrant, "I prefer free unions."
The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II)
15
No, my dear abbe, I am not married, and I never shall marry; but there are free unions as sacred, as indissoluble as marriage.
Samuel Brohl and Company
16
"Give me free union," shrieked a fourth.
Without Prejudice
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