free love

noun

Definition of free lovenext
as in criminal conversation

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Recent Examples of free love Styles’ current persona is harder to pin down, landing somewhere between free love cult leader (there’s a gospel choir credited on no less than five Kiss All the Time tracks) and a life coach. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026 One major influence in the vibe shift was the free love movement, represented here by characters from some of the most memorable romances ever made—among them Breathless, West Side Story, and Annie Hall. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025 The ’60s and ’70s had free love and psychedelics. — Mj Franklin, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes. — Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free love
Recent Examples of Synonyms for free love
  1. criminal conversation
  2. promiscuity
  3. love affair
  4. love
  5. misconduct
  6. disloyalty
  7. treachery
  8. perfidy
Noun
  • Brenay Kennard, a lifestyle content creator with nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, is at the center of a civil lawsuit that has made national headlines, in which she is accused of criminal conversation and alienation of affection.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Howard sued his wife’s lover for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, according to court records.
    — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
Definition of criminal conversation
Noun
  • Verrill’s former partner, the entertainment lawyer Bob Geary, shares emotional testimony about their relationship — one fraught with promiscuity and Verrill’s taste for the BDSM leather life — but also a reflection on his lover’s killing.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 June 2026
  • Her new friends include Sam (Bianca Dumais), a rock-chick type who’s the same age as Franny and who has developed a reputation for promiscuity around town that doesn’t seem deserved.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
Definition of promiscuity
Noun
  • According to castmates, the couple’s love affair never interfered with the show.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • By Season 6, however, Schroeder had evolved into the most sensible person on the Bravo hit, and her love affair with Beau Clark won over the audience’s hearts.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of love affair
Noun
  • Mariani described the feature as a love letter to an earlier internet that allowed young people — particularly those in the Global South — to find friendships, culture and identities beyond their immediate surroundings.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • Here’s everything to know about the couples who fell in love on soap opera sets.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of love
Noun
  • And third, judges can remove that person for serious misconduct.
    — Reid Kress Weisbord, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • For more than a year, California school administrators have lobbied lawmakers for a better way to protect students from those with a history of misconduct.
    — Holly McDede, ProPublica, 31 July 2026
Definition of misconduct
Noun
  • And still, some people insist that admitting the flaws in our history — and our present — constitutes an act of innate disloyalty.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • Treating rumors as diagnostic signals of uncertainty or weak trust, rather than disloyalty, helps leaders improve communication and align words with observable actions.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of disloyalty
Noun
  • Guides spoke of the monthlong siege that ended only because of the treachery of a local noble who turned on the sultan and allowed British troops to scale the walls.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
  • This is not treachery but the truest and noblest affection.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of treachery
Noun
  • Platner, indeed, has boiled down nearly all political problems to the perfidy of sinister oligarchs.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
Definition of perfidy

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