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civil union

noun

  1. A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.

Synonymscivil union, domestic partnership, registered partnership, registered relationship, significant relationship

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