Cohabitation Definition

noun

The act of a man and a woman, unmarried to each other, publicly living together in an intimate relationship as if husband and wife. Although a crime in most states, it is seldom prosecuted. Where illegal, it is also called illicit cohabitation, lascivious cohabitation, and notorious cohabitation. See also fornication, bigamy, civil union, and marriage.

Webster's New World Law
An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.
Wiktionary
The act of living together.
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A place where two or more individuals reside together.

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(biology) The act of two species living together in the same habitat.

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Other Word Forms of Cohabitation

Noun

Singular:
cohabitation
Plural:
cohabitations

Origin of Cohabitation

  • From French cohabitation, from Latin cohabitationem.

    From Wiktionary

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