FREE LOVE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

free love

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Definition of free love

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

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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

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While many employers look down on this sort of professional promiscuity, new research suggests there are benefits to switching jobs frequently.

— Adrian Ma, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of promiscuity

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In the debut episode, Robach and Holmes detailed how the scandal unfolded and insisted they’d been quietly separated from their spouses before their love affair began.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
One of the teens, Eden, is the daughter of a hellfire-and-brimstone preacher and is having a secret love affair.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of love affair

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While the short was a love letter to the museum at which it was filmed (Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre), the feature is intended as a love letter to Bomber County as a whole.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Rilke writes about solitude, love, patience and learning to live with uncertainty.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of love

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The Justice Department has charged about 90 people for various types of election misconduct so far this year, including 50 who are said to have voted as noncitizens.

— SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
SafeSport, a nonprofit established to prevent the abuse of athletes and address misconduct allegations, was dismissed as a defendant in two lawsuits filed by gymnasts that allege the organization did not properly investigate Gardner.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of misconduct

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During the government’s response to protests in 2014, Maduro instructed officials to increase the intensity of interrogations involving military personnel suspected of disloyalty, prosecutors say.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Anything less will demonstrate societal disloyalty to the government and opposition to the Ukraine War.

— Regina Smyth, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of disloyalty

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The killings and his six-week trial in 2023 captivated the true crime world with a mix of treachery, corruption, money, power and Southern accents.

— Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The killings of Murdaugh’s wife and son and his subsequent six-week trial captivated the true crime world with a mix of treachery, corruption, money, power and Southern accents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of treachery

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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

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