open marriage

open +‎ marriage

open marriage (countable and uncountable, plural open marriages)

1. A marital relationship in which each partner agrees that the other partner may have sexual relations with other people as he or she sees fit.

   Hypernym: open relationship

   • 1973 January 8, “The Sexes: Swinging Future”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 18 December 2011:

     "Most people have been married more than once, and adultery is universally tolerated. Open marriage would simply legitimize what we already live."

   • 1975 March 17, “Suzy Chaffee: The Liberated Beauty”, in Beaver County Times:

     "Marriage is only possible for me if it's an open marriage".

   • 2002 August 22, Barbara Whitaker, “Neighbor Guilty of Murder Of Girl, 7, in San Diego”, in New York Times‎, retrieved 5 August 2011:

     Both said they had an open marriage, having sexual relations with others.

• “open marriage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.