marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 
ˈma-rə-
1
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
marital vows
2
archaic
: of or relating to a husband and his role in marriage
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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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Josh apologized for marital infidelity and a pornography addiction at the time and sought treatment.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Both romantic trends have adherents who spin their retreat from status quo romance as a kind of liberation from modern expectations, and who position their marital arrangement as the logical extension of a deeper political project.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026
The result is an intimacy and familiarity between the actors that really drives home the tragedy in the movie’s second half, as do early convincing scenes of marital happiness between Alexander and William Devane as her husband.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmar-ət-ᵊl
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
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