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Espousement

The act of espousing or the state of being espoused

Espousals [fr. sponsalia, Lat.; espouse, Fr.], the act of contracting or

One who espouses one who embraces the cause of another or makes it

To release from espousal or plighted faith

Espousal

The act of espousing or betrothing especially in the plural betrothal plighting of the

To betroth to promise in marriage to give as spouse

is sometimes used as a term of contempt for those espousing the cause of poor people without having to endure the

the members of a political or social group espousing extreme fanatical or seemingly irrational views

operate up to the rules limits. This theory was first espoused by Oliver Wendell Holmes in his essay 'The Path of