Monogamy

In monogamy (Greek: monos = single/only and gamos = marriage) a person has only one spouse at a time (as opposed to polygamy). Monogamy is also usually used to mean having only one sexual partner during an entire lifetime. In the animal world, monogamy is the practice of remaining with one partner for sexual reproduction and the raising of young.

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The practice of restricting sexual contact to a single partner (married or not) for a limited period of time, then ending that relationship before beginning another (though in practice there may be a brief overlapping time-period) is referred to as serial monogamy (as opposed to polyamory, swinging, etc.).

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Spouse: The term spouse generally refers to a partner in a marriage:...

Polygamy: The term polygamy (literally many marriage in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology....