marital bond
Spouse's legal connection
A marital bond is the legal and emotional connection between spouses.
The term appears in formal or religious contexts discussing the commitments of marriage: The marital bond is not easily dissolved.
It suggests both the contractual aspect of marriage and the deeper union it represents.
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- holy matrimonySacred rite of spousal union
- wedding ringMatrimonial finger ornament
- trustConfidence in another
- loveIntense fond attachment
spousal rights · intimacy · affection · companionship · better half · devotion · family structure · growing old together · spouse · helpmate · shared goals · married life · vows · til death · loyalty · through thick and thin · commitment · conjugal
marital bondcasual dating
Non-exclusive romantic involvement
one-night stand · fling · hookup · friends with benefits · situationship
marital bonddivorce
Legal end of matrimony
separation · annulment · estrangement · split · breakup
marital bondsinglehood
Unmarried state
bachelorhood · spinsterhood · solitude · independence · celibacy