monogamy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
monogamy
    n 1: having only one spouse at a time [syn: {monogamy},
         {monogamousness}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Monogamy \Mo*nog"a*my\, n. [L. monogamia, Gr. ?: cf. F.
   monogamie.]
   1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or
      wife, at the same time; -- opposed to {polygamy}. Also,
      one marriage only during life; -- opposed to
      {deuterogamy}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) State of being paired with a single mate.
      [1913 Webster]
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MONOGAMY. A marriage contracted between one man and one woman, in exclusion 
of all the rest of mankind; it is used in opposition to bigamy and polygamy. 
(q.v.) Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. Sec. 857. The state of having only one husband 
or one wife at one time.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "monogamy":
      beena marriage, bigamy, common-law marriage, companionate marriage,
      concubinage, deuterogamy, left-handed marriage, levirate,
      leviration, love match, marriage of convenience, monandry,
      monogyny, morganatic marriage, picture marriage, polyandry,
      polygamy, polygyny, trial marriage, trigamy
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