cohabitation

/ kəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the state or condition of living together as husband and wife without being married
2. (of political parties) the state or condition of cooperating for specific purposes without forming a coalition

Example Sentences

Their new circumstances mean figuring out the small details of cohabitation like whether to have magnets on the fridge and how to load the dishwasher, and also coincides with Joel furthering his own spiritual journey independent of his partner.

From Los Angeles Times

If his party loses, and either National Rally or the New Popular Front win, that leaves almost three years of “cohabitation”, or power-sharing, when the president of one party heads the state and another party runs the government.

From BBC

But nothing has really prepared France for the kind of cohabitation that could occur after 7 July, with either the far right or elements of the far left trying to get along with a centrist president.

From BBC

There have been three periods of cohabitation in the past:

From BBC

Greece has legalized “cohabitation contracts” for same-sex couples since December 2015.

From Seattle Times