Antonyms for co-in-lawco-in-law

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1. co-in-lawnoun

   Synonyms:
   co-kinsman-in-law, co-affine

2. co-in-lawnoun

   A distant in-law: A relationship by marriage with a separation by three degrees (two people), compared to prototypical in-laws, where the separation is two/one. The separation may be two degrees of blood kin and one of marriage (addressing the mother of the husband of one's daughter) or one degree blood and two of marriage (addressing the wife of the brother of one's husband).

   Depending on context, the term may be understood to mean specifically co-sibling-in-law, or co-parent-in-law.

   Synonyms:
   co-kinsman-in-law, co-affine

How to use co-in-law in a sentence?

1. Vicki Lawrence:

   I always thought hives was your mother-in-law’s nervous breakdown. I thought, ‘Me, hives? I’m not stressed; I’m not nervous.’ But most people do get hives at some point in their lives, and for those of us who have chronic hives it can be on-going.

2. South Africa:

   Hosting the summit ... we had obligations in relation to the customary law insulating heads of state (from arrest).

3. Said Adejumobi:

   [The] education that Africa needs is one that is skills-based, technologically grounded and globally competitive, in a knowledge driven world, a colonially-molded education which litters the entire continent can hardly play that role. It's a law and order educational system meant to serve a specific form of political regime and society. Africa needs to reinvent its educational system towards a modern competitive age.

4. Sheena Carach:

   He’s been pretty set on wanting to be [a police officer in the K9 unit] for a couple of years now. Even back when he was 5 years old he was dressing up in police uniform and he’s just had a respect for law enforcement, we are super proud of him and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for him and see what kind of officer he turns out to be.

5. Drew Angerer/Pool via AP:

   So what's happened to Black Lives Matter? What's happened to Antifa? … One city after another destroyed people, killed people, [and] maimed. Oh yes, yes! – but it was mostly peaceful, according to the press, we conservatives, we oppose violence. We believe in civil society. We believe in law and order. Jan. 6 is a demonstration of what the Democrats believe in. What do they believe in? They believe in power.

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