Definition
A husband who knowingly consents to his wife taking lovers; archaic term for a man in a consensually non-monogamous arrangement. A rare historical term for what we'd now call relationship agreements.
Example Usage
In that 18th-century novel, the protagonist was a self-aware wittol who accepted his wife's romantic independence.
Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wittol&defid=6733)
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