cohabitation

/ (kəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the state or condition of living together as husband and wife without being married

  2. (of political parties) the state or condition of cooperating for specific purposes without forming a coalition

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How to use cohabitation in a sentence

  • In legal and illegal cohabitation, in every sort of union and cohabitation, good or bad, the underlying reality is the same.

  • cohabitation with a woman who has previously had commerce with a leper may also produce infection.

    Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
  • The law of 1862, known as the Edmunds Act, declared such cohabitation to be a misdemeanor.

    The Awakening of the Desert | Julius C. Birge
  • I welcome death, as it will preserve me from staining the purity of my noble blood by cohabitation with such as thou art.

    Venus in Boston; | George Thompson