[huhn-ee-moon] 
| 1. | a vacation or trip taken by a newly married couple. |
| 2. | the month or so following a marriage. |
| 3. | any period of blissful harmony: Their entire 60 years of marriage was one long honeymoon. |
| 4. | any new relationship characterized by an initial period of harmony and goodwill: The honeymoon between Congress and the new president was over. |
| 5. | to spend one's honeymoon (usually fol. by in or at). |
| hon·ey·moon (hŭn'ē-mōōn') n.
To go on a honeymoon. [Perhaps from a comparison of the moon, which wanes as soon as it is full, to the affections of a newly married couple, which are most tender right after marriage.] hon'ey·moon'er n. |
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