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companionate

adj

Etymology

From companion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

  1. derived from *gahlaibô✻
  2. derived from *galaibo✻
  3. derived from compaignon — “companion”
  4. inherited from companion
  5. formed as companionate — “companion + -ate”

Definitions

  1. Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan…

    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.

  2. Friendly, companionable.

  3. Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual…

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA