Nonmarital

Alternative forms

• non-marital

Origin

- + marital

Full definition of nonmarital

Adjective

1. Not in a marital relationship; unmarried to one another
• 1988, March 18, Marianna Beck, What's a Wife Worth?, The case was tried under a breach-of-contract theory and the court ruled in favor of Triola, ruling that an express oral contract between parties could be enforced even between nonmarital partners.