equal marriagenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌiː.kwəl ˈmær.ɪdʒ//ˌiː.kwəl ˈmer.ɪdʒ/UKmarriage between two people of the same sex, thought of as being legally the same as, and of equal importance to, marriage between two people of opposite sexes:
He argued that equal marriage legislation would create a more tolerant society.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wife idiom
- be an item idiom
- be shacked up idiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- intermarriage
- involvement
- marriage equality
- marriage guidance
- marriageable
- marry
- marry in haste, repent at leisure idiom
- matrimonial
- shack up
- something
- together
- wedlock
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