jointure
1. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
• Syn:
legal jointure
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
estate
2. the act of making or becoming a single unit
- the union of opposing factions
- he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
• Syn:
union, unification, uniting, conjugation
• Ant:
disunion (for: union)
• Derivationally related forms:
join, unite (for: uniting), unify (for: unification), unite (for: union)
• Hypernyms:
combination, combining, compounding
• Hyponyms:
coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination,
reunion, reunification, tribalization, tribalisation, umbrella
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