marital

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  1. adjective Of or relating to marriage: marital status; marital problems.
  2. adjective Of or relating to a husband.

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  • Our women, not our men, have been stoned to death for having extra-marital affairs. —  SCSUScholars
  • Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, said he had conducted an extra-marital affair with a woman in Argentina, ending a mystery over his week-long disappearance that had infuriated lawmakers and seemed to put his rising political career in jeopardy. —  Blue Herald
  • He admits to having had an extra-marital affair with a dear friend in Argentina. —  State of the Day
  • A member of the House of Representatives during the heyday of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, he was often a harsh critic of the president for his marital misconduct. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Today at a news conference, the truth will out: he wasn't hiking in Appalachia as rumored, he was in Argentina conducting an extra-marital affair. —  DarwinCatholic
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin marītālis, from marītus, married.

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  1. = French marital = Spanish Portuguese marital = Italian maritale, from Latin maritalis, of or belonging to married people, from maritus, of or belonging to marriage, as a noun, maritus, masculine, a husband, marita, feminine, a wife: see marry.
 

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