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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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
His strap-ons were marketed as such, particularly as marital aids for men with erectile dysfunction.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 23 May 2025
These often virulently anti-woman plays, which became his most famous and influential, revealed his deranged sense of marital grievance.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Editors’ Picks This Dress Is Dividing the Internet In other words, the cause of most marital breakdowns is a nuanced web of two subjective narratives, both of which contain painful truths.
—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for marital
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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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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