companionate
English
adj
Definitions
- (now) 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.
- Friendly, companionable.
- Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.
Etymology
Suffix from English companion.
Origin
English
companion
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Cognates and derived terms
- companion English
- companionable English
- companioness English
- companionhood English
- companionless English
- companionly English
- companionship English
- companionway English
- pānis Latin
- companion Middle English