marital
adjective/ˈmærɪtl/
/ˈmærɪtl/
[only before noun]- connected with marriage or with the relationship between a married couple
- marital difficulties/breakdown
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMarital is used with these nouns:- affection
- bed
- bliss
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin maritalis, from maritus ‘husband’.Definitions on the go
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