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free love

noun

: the practice of having sex with many people instead of with just one partner

Full Definition of FREE LOVE

1
:  living openly with a sexual partner without marriage
2
:  sexual relations with no commitments by either partner
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First Known Use of FREE LOVE

1822

Rhymes with FREE LOVE

above, all of, as of, at love, dream of, foxglove, hereof, in love, kid-glove, kind of, make love, out of, ringdove, rock dove, self-love, short of, thereof, tough love, truelove, whereof, white-glove

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