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noun

Espousal n.

The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.

The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel. "The open espousal of his cause."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Espousal" Quotes from Famous Books

... and opinions, I am sensible, would meet with no favor among us now. The espousal of the slave-man's cause among our Northern people is so humane and hearty that they can stop nowhere, for any consideration of expediency, in doing him justice, after all his wrongs; and I honor their feeling, go to what lengths it will. Nevertheless, I put down these my thoughts, for my ...

— Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. - Edited by his Daughter • Orville Dewey

... the like. But I hold all these more special results to be relatively insignificant by-products, and by no means the important thing."—Philosophische Studien, x. 121-124. The whole passage should be read. As I interpret it, it amounts to a complete espousal of the vaguer conception of the stream of thought, and a complete renunciation of the whole business, still so industriously carried on in text-books, of chopping up 'the mind' into distinct units of composition or function, numbering these off, and ...

— Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals • William James

Words linked to "Espousal" : wedding, acceptation, betrothal, bridal, adoption, rite, acceptance, bosom, marriage ceremony, approving