MARITAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGE

Pronunciation (US):

• MARITAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGE (noun)
  The noun MARITAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGE has 1 sense:

1. neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married

  Familiarity information: MARITAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGE used as a noun is very rare.

• MARITAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGE (noun)

Meaning:

Neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

husband-wife privilege; marital communications privilege

Hypernyms ("marital communications privilege" is a kind of...):

privilege ((law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship)