monogamous

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The CDC says something somewhat similar by stating that the best option to avoid sexually transmitted infections is to abstain from sex or only practice it within a "long-term monogamous relationship."

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  1. Practising or supporting the principle of monogamy.
  2. Marrying only once —that is, not remarrying after the death of the spouse: opposed to digamous.
  3. Marrying only one at a time: opposed to bigamous or polygamous.
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  • Here's a shocker: The one-night stand may be being replaced by long-term monogamous relationships when it comes to sex at academic conferences. —  GoodShit
  • I am in a situation where i am married to a man, monogamous, and just realizing that my bisexuality was not a "phase." —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • I said embarrassing things like "Only in a long-term monogamous relationship can people really grow." —  Hugo Schwyzer
  • Rather than focusing on folks who fancy her available because she's non-monogamous, she seems to dismiss these personal details of her life as too much information (TMI) for most of the people in her circle. —  BlogHer
  • The CDC says something somewhat similar by stating that the best option to avoid sexually transmitted infections is to abstain from sex or only practice it within a "long-term monogamous relationship." —  The Real Truth
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  1. from French monogame = Spanish monógamo = Portuguese Italian monogamo, from Late Latin monogamus, from LGr. μονόγαμος, married but once, from Greek μόνος, single, + γάμος, marriage.
 

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