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1. A wedding or wedding feast
   - bridal [archaic]
    
2. The act of becoming betrothed or engaged
   - betrothal, betrothment
    
3. The act of accepting with approval; favourable reception
   "its espousal by society";
   - adoption, acceptance, acceptation

Derived forms: espousals

Type of: approval, approving, blessing, marriage, marriage ceremony, rite, ritual, wedding

Encyclopedia: Espousal