The state of being hostile.
A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
A close union.
In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
The state of being married.
A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
A joining of two parts.
My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.