Spouse

Word SPOUSE
Character 6
Hyphenation spouse
Pronunciations /spaʊs/

Definitions and meanings of "Spouse"

What do we mean by spouse?

A marriage partner; a husband or wife. noun

To marry; wed. transitive verb

A married person, husband or wife; either one of a married pair. noun

To take for a husband or a wife; wed; espouse.

To give in marriage.

To wed; to espouse. transitive verb

A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. noun

A married man, in distinction from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband. noun

A person's husband or wife. noun

To wed; to espouse. verb

A person's partner in marriage noun

A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Spouse

The word "spouse" in example sentences

The term spouse is applied to married people until their marriage is consummated ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The new marriage licenses - which add the term spouse - will be distributed to town and city clerk offices across the state in advance of the same-sex marriage law taking effect July 24. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Respect for your spouse is also respect for yourself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Section 3 of DOMA provides that for all purposes under federal law, the word "marriage" means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word "spouse" refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife. ❋ Todd A. Solomon (2011)

It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by your spouse is a pre-existing condition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, if a spouse is a litigator for a group that seeks to protection abortion rights, a pro-abortion rights decision by the S Ct is likely more beneficial to that spouse in pursuing legal remedies than if the spouse was arguing for protecting abortion through political means such as legislation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Specifically, from 1973 through 2008, the percent who say that "a married person having sexual relations with someone other than their spouse is always wrong" has steadily decreased. ❋ Bella DePaulo (2010)

Your spouse is a veteran who awakes in the night in a sweat from nightmares and has anger outbursts during the day. ❋ MD Lloyd I. Sederer (2010)

Or tell you that your spouse is always in church and volunteers and because you don't the house the car the kids and most of your salary goes to them, and the only way to change that is to dedicate yourself to the church and volunteer and prove your commitment to God. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To the newly united, Shallal recommends making sure your spouse is also your friend. ❋ Post (2010)

If a S Ct spouse is head of or a member of such an organization, then a donor could try to influence the spouse through giving to the specific charitable entities the spouse is a member of or head of. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As an example, in eight states plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by your spouse is a PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Killing your spouse is an effective way of ending an argument but that doesn't make it OK; it's still murder and still illegal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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