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marital

adjective

Definition of MARITAL

of or relating to marriage <neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got>

Synonyms conjugal, connubial, married, matrimonial, nuptial, wedded

Antonyms nonmarital

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