Definition of marital
1 : of or relating to marriage or the married state marital vows
2 : of or relating to a husband and his role in marriage
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Examples of marital in a Sentence
They've been having marital problems.
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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Also, do some research on your marital property rights in your state.
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Now that’s marital intimacy of the likes rarely seen on TV.
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Shared intensity forced them into a certain marital frankness.
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The case shows the two had been separated since Dec. 8, 2015 when Melissa Jordan filed for divorce on June 20, 2016, alleging extreme cruelty, gross neglect of duty and fraudulent disposition of marital assets.
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Spencer, a harsh critic of the British press for its treatment of his sister, has been pilloried by the tabloids with each court disclosure of marital indiscretion.
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Origin and Etymology of marital
Latin maritalis, from maritus married
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: of or relating to marriage
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: of or relating to marriage
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: of or relating to marriage or the married state
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