English Dictionary

companionate marriage

名詞

A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.

日本語の意味

子供を持たず、互いに合意した上で円満な離婚も可能とされる婚姻形態 / 伴侶間で合意のもと、子を持たないことや容易な離婚が許容される結婚形態

They decided on a companionate marriage, agreeing not to have children and to reserve the right to divorce amicably by mutual consent.

彼らは、パートナー同士が子どもを持たないことに合意し、相互の同意により円満に離婚する権利を残すという結婚を選んだ。

意味（1）

A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.

意味（2）

(social history, anthropology) A conception of marriage where complicity, communication and support between spouses are considered important, rather than purely material questions of inheritance etc.

companionate marriages （ plural ）