spousal love
Wedded partners' devotion
Spousal love is the deep affection and commitment between married partners.
The term appears in religious, legal, and counseling contexts more than casual speech, where love for my husband or love for my wife sounds more natural.
Spousal love encompasses romantic attachment, mutual care, and the particular intimacy that develops through shared life: Their spousal love deepened over forty years of marriage.
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- marriageFormal union between partners
- til deathUntil life ends
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
in sickness and health · partnership · better half · tenderness · vows · fidelity · romance · cherish · companion · husband · wife · wedding · wedding band · anniversary · affection · holding hands · loyalty · embrace
spousal loveone-night stand
Casual sexual encounter
infatuation · puppy love · hookup · extramarital affair · adultery
spousal lovespousal abuse
Harm inflicted by partner
domestic violence · domestic abuse · loveless marriage · resentment · bitterness
spousal loveself-love
Prioritizing your own worth
parental love · filial love · brotherly love · platonic love · friendship
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