Celibacy and Marriage

Celibacy

Celibacy noun - Abstention from sexual intercourse.
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Synonyms for Celibacy

Marriage is an antonym for celibacy.

Nearby Word: celibate

Marriage

Marriage noun - A union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people.
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Synonyms for Marriage

Celibacy is an antonym for marriage.

Nearby Words: marry, married, marriageable

How words are described

current current celibacy current marriage
unwanted unwanted celibacy unwanted marriage
forced forced celibacy forced marriage

Both words in one sentence

  • For example, taking "Vow of Celibacy" grants resistance to charm and phantasm effects but requires the user to abstain from both marriage and sex.
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Marriage and Celibacy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/celibacy/marriage
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