conjugal

adjective

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con·ju·gal | \ ˈkän-ji-gəl

also kən-ˈjü- \

Definition of conjugal

: of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial conjugal happiness

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Other Words from conjugal

conjugality \ ˌkän-ji-ˈga-lə-tē

, -jü- \ noun

conjugally \ ˈkän-ji-gə-lē

also kən-ˈjü- \ adverb

Synonyms & Antonyms for conjugal

Synonyms

Antonyms

nonmarital

Examples of conjugal in a Sentence

newlyweds still in a rapturous state of conjugal happiness

Recent Examples on the Web When Lilly gets pregnant after a conjugal visit, and the gang embarks on a course of escalating violence, Taylor is forced to question his choices, and to make the hardest one. — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2022 Chaylla is fighting to free herself from a violent conjugal relationship. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022 For all its reputation as a nation of romance, gallantry and love, France has one of the highest rates of conjugal killings in Western Europe. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 Each partner turned out to have strongly different views about the course their conjugal life would take, says Schiller. — Joshua Levine, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2021 Most concerning to the judge and prosecutors was the conjugal visit allowed by one of the agents. — Scott Glover, CNN, 22 Aug. 2020 Married women were rewarded for good behavior with conjugal visits from their husbands, along with showers, towels, and two hours in a bedroom. — Bloomberg.com, 1 July 2020 There were regular conjugal visits, and a steady flow of dinner parties among the S.S. officers and their wives. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020 The winning team gets to have their wives tested, and then essentially a conjugal visit. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2020 See More

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