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Cuckoldom

The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively.

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Marriage 76% connected

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

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Matrimony 76% connected

The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.

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Union 76% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Wedlock 76% connected

The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.

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Bigamy noun · 86% connection

the state of having two spouses at the same time

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Endogamy noun · 86% connection

marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law

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Exogamy noun · 86% connection

marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law

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Intermarriage noun · 86% connection

marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law

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Mesalliance noun · 86% connection

a marriage with a person of inferior social status

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Misalliance noun · 86% connection

an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)

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Monandry noun · 86% connection

the state of having only one husband at a time

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Monogamy noun · 86% connection

the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time

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Monogyny noun · 86% connection

having only one wife at a time

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Polyandry noun · 86% connection

the state of having more than one husband at a time

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Polygamy noun · 86% connection

the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time

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Polygyny noun · 86% connection

a form of polygamy in which a man has multiple wives

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Property settlement noun · 78% connection

(matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage

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Alimony noun · 78% connection

court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

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Child support noun · 78% connection

court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated

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Maintenance noun · 78% connection

court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrant…

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Acreage noun · 78% connection

Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

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Administration noun · 78% connection

The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of pub…

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Aggregately adverb · 78% connection

Collectively; in mass.

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Aldermanity noun · 78% connection

Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.

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Androecium noun · 78% connection

The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

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Anecdotage noun · 78% connection

Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.

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Anglo-Saxon noun · 78% connection

The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.

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Antique adjective · 78% connection

In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains o…

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Archery noun · 78% connection

Archers, or bowmen, collectively.

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Aristocratism noun · 78% connection

Aristocrats, collectively.

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Armament noun · 78% connection

All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

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Artistry noun · 78% connection

Works of art collectively.

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Ball noun · 78% connection

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…

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Barb noun · 78% connection

One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.

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Basement adjective · 78% connection

The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n.,…

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Basketry noun · 78% connection

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

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Beach noun · 78% connection

Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

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Beaconage noun · 78% connection

Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.

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