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cohabitation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cohabitation \Co*hab"i*ta"tion\, n. [L. cohabitatio.]
The act or state of dwelling together, or in the same place with another.
--Feltham.-
(Law) The living together of a man and woman in supposed sexual relationship.
That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted.
--Lord Stowell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "action or state of living together (especially as husband and wife)," from Middle French cohabitation (Old French cohabitacion "cohabitation, sexual intercourse"), from Late Latin cohabitationem (nominative cohabitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of cohabitare "to dwell together," from co- "with, together" (see co-) + habitare "to live, dwell" (see habitat).
Wiktionary
n. 1 An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction. 2 The act of living together. 3 A place where two or more individuals reside together. 4 (context biology English) The act of two species living together in the same habitat. 5 (context politics English) Cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties; especially, in France, between a President and Prime Minister.
WordNet
n. living together (as spouses) [syn: living together]
Wikipedia
Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together without formally registering their relation as a marriage.
Such arrangements have become increasingly common in Western countries during the past few decades, being led by changing social views, especially regarding marriage, gender roles and religion. They often involve a romantic relationship and/or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis.
More broadly, the term cohabitation can mean any number of people living together. To "cohabit", in a broad sense, means to "coexist". The origin of the term comes from the mid 16th century, from the Latin cohabitare, from co- 'together' + habitare 'dwell'.
Cohabitation in government occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as France's system, when the President is from a different political party than the majority of the members of parliament. It occurs because such a system forces the president to name a premier ( prime minister) that will be acceptable to the majority party within parliament. Thus, cohabitation occurs because of the duality of the executive: an independently elected President and a prime minister who must be acceptable both to this president and to the legislature.
Usage examples of "cohabitation".
Then I could nail him on the cohabitation provision and terminate the support payments.
Robin Baylor reminded me that we had a ninety-day cohabitation provision in our settlement.
Surely it was only the circumstances of their forced cohabitation, and her own vulnerability, which made him so appealing.
Benzedrine use, his file room at the El Nido Hotel and the fact that his cohabitation was chaste.
I suppose that I could issue orders restricting family visitors to my office, so that they would leave without witnessing cohabitation.
Surely it was only the circumstances of their forced cohabitation, and her own vulnerability, which made him so appealing.
The major difference is that Canada is divided into two major linguistic groups--English speakers and French speakers--which have learned, over the course of 300 years of cohabitation, to hate each other.
Close cohabitation and close interdependence are sufficient for maintaining century after century that deep respect for the interests of the community which is characteristic of Eskimo life.
He'd heard that after years of cohabitation, pet owners began to take on the physical characteristics of their charges.
Like some editors and television producers, some scientists believe the public is too ignorant or too stupid to understand science, that the enterprise of popularization is fundamentally a lost cause, or even that it's tantamount to fraternization, if not outright cohabitation, with the enemy.
In fact, the longing to possess one's self of a nun who has renounced all the pleasures of the world, and especially that of cohabitation with the other sex, is the very apple of Eve, and is more delightful from the very difficulty of penetrating the convent grating.
A majority of people who marry this year will have cohabited with someone already, even though statistics show that cohabitation greatly increases the likelihood of divorce.
When Ken had discovered the Hrruban village, they had been ready to leave in obedience to the prohibitions which had been hammered into their heads almost from birth: cohabitation with another species could only result in the destruction of the other species.
Hence — speaking agnostically — my own cohabitation with Jack who believed all kinds of occult things, at least while he was typing them out.
Pinch's fine nostrils flared with abhorrence at my lightly spoken suggestion of extramatrimonial cohabitation.