marital obligations
Wedded partnership responsibilities
Marital obligations are the duties spouses owe each other by virtue of marriage.
These include legal responsibilities—financial support, fidelity, cohabitation—and social expectations around household labor, emotional care, and sexual availability.
The phrase often appears in discussions of traditional gender roles or religious teachings about marriage: She felt trapped by marital obligations she'd never agreed to.
- spousal rightsLegal claims through marriage
- marital dutiesSpouses' mutual responsibilities
- ketubahJewish matrimonial agreement
- wedding vowsSpoken marriage commitments
- ringClosed curve shape
respect · fidelity · trust · good faith · commitment · communication · honesty · emotional support · inheritance rights · affection · married life · household chores · spousal support · prenuptial agreements · support · covenant · till death · legal capacity
- marriage lawdivorce decree, matrimony, divorce petition, betrothal, annulment
- marital financemarital assets, community property, property division, asset division, divorce settlement
- tribal marriagebride price, bridewealth, tribal ceremonies, wedding rituals, wedding feasts
- Jewish marriageJewish wedding, ketubah, chuppah, erusin, wedding canopy
marital obligationspersonal freedom
Control over one's life
individual autonomy · self-determination · independence · unaccountability