open marriage

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Etymology

From open +‎ marriage.

Noun

open marriage (countable and uncountable, plural open marriages)

  1. A marital relationship in which each partner agrees that the other partner may have sexual relations with other people as he or she sees fit.
    Hypernym: open relationship
    • 1973 January 8, “The Sexes: Swinging Future”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 18 December 2011:
      "Most people have been married more than once, and adultery is universally tolerated. Open marriage would simply legitimize what we already live."
    • 1975 March 17, “Suzy Chaffee: The Liberated Beauty”, in Beaver County Times:
      "Marriage is only possible for me if it's an open marriage".
    • 2002 August 22, Barbara Whitaker, “Neighbor Guilty of Murder Of Girl, 7, in San Diego”, in New York Times‎, retrieved 5 August 2011:
      Both said they had an open marriage, having sexual relations with others.

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