Meaning

The period of time immediately following a marriage..

Definitions by Sense

1. The period of time immediately following a marriage.
2. A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.
3. (by extension) A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).
4. To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).

Example Sentences

The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.

We went to Greece for our honeymoon.

I will say, 'Sir, I am going to marry your daughter. Be silent, sir! I have decided to do this and I will not be balked by a gouty old father-in-law. I want you to understand that from now on I am the master of this house. You may write out a check for ten thousand dollars for our honeymoon.'

Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.

The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.

But the “honeymoon” was short. The propertied classes wanted merely a political revolution, which would take the power from the Tsar and give it to them. They wanted Russia to be a constitutional Republic, like France or the United States; or a constitutional Monarchy, like England. On the other hand, the masses of the people wanted real industrial and agrarian democracy.

It was here, surrounded by such friends, that the distinguished Chief Justice swore me in as Vice President on December 6, 1973. It was here I returned 8 months later as your President to ask not for a honeymoon, but for a good marriage.

It suggests any honeymoon for the new government is over, with falls in approval ratings across the board for the senior figures in the cabinet.

Word Forms

• honeymoons
• honeymooning
• honeymooned

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