Associations to the word «Espousal»

Wiktionary

ESPOUSAL, noun. A betrothal.
ESPOUSAL, noun. A wedding ceremony.
ESPOUSAL, noun. Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.

Dictionary definition

ESPOUSAL, noun. Archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast.
ESPOUSAL, noun. The act of becoming betrothed or engaged.
ESPOUSAL, noun. The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne