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cohabitation  

Definition

  • Cohabitation is a tentative, nonlegal coresidential union that does not require or imply a lifetime commitment to stay together. Perhaps as a result, cohabiting unions break up at a much higher rate than do marriages. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Cohabitation]

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