conjugal relations
Marital bedroom activities
Conjugal relations is a formal or legal term for sexual intercourse between married people.
The phrase appears in legal contexts, religious discussions, and euphemistic speech: The prison allows monthly conjugal visits.
It emphasizes the marital bond—conjugal shares a root with words for joining or yoking together.
- passionIntense emotional drive
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- monogamyOne partner at a time
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- desireIntense wanting
making love · love · pillow talk · cohabitation · spouse · union · married life · intercourse · sleeping together · fidelity · closeness · matrimony · trust · kiss · tenderness · polygamy · bond · commitment
conjugal relationscelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · chastity · platonic love · asexuality · continence
conjugal relationsadultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
extramarital affair · infidelity · illicit affair · fornication · premarital sex
conjugal relationsestrangement
Emotional separation between people
separation · divorce · alienation · marital discord · emotional distance
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