Absence of lovemaking mostly restricts old marriage? (5)
I believe the answer is:
noose
'marriage?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'absence of lovemaking mostly restricts old' is the wordplay.
'absence of' becomes 'no'.
'lovemaking mostly' becomes 'os' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'restricts' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'restricted' mean this (restricted can mean limited or reduced)).
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'ex' with its last letter taken away is 'e'.
'no'+'os'+'e'='NOOSE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noose that I've seen before include "A loop for the hangman" , "Hangman's rope" , "Loop in a lariat" , "Loop - snare" , "Loop with sliding knot in a rope" .)