living in sin
Shacking up together
Living in sin is an old-fashioned expression for cohabiting with a romantic partner without being married.
The phrase reflects traditional religious disapproval of sex outside marriage: My grandmother still thinks we're living in sin.
Now often used ironically or humorously, since unmarried cohabitation has become socially accepted in much of the Western world.
- unwedNot hitched
- out of wedlockBorn to unmarried parents
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
- premarital sexIntercourse before wedlock
- bedFurniture for slumber
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- cohabitationcohabitation, cohabiting, cohabitants, cohabiting couple, domestic partnership
living in sinwedded bliss
Ideal state of matrimony
holy matrimony · married · wedlock · lawfully wedded · matrimony
living in sinchastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
celibacy · virtuous living · purity · abstinence · moral rectitude
living in sinvirtuous living
Morally upright lifestyle
moral rectitude · celibate · abstinent · pure
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