NOUN | state | marital status | the condition of being married or unmarried |
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Meaning | The condition of being married or unmarried. | |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Narrower | bachelorhood | The state of being an unmarried man |
civil union | A voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex | |
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock | The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce) | |
spinsterhood | The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman) | |
widowhood | The state of being a widow who has not remarried | |
Broader | legal status | A status defined by law |
Spanish | estado civil | |
Catalan | estat civil |
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