Synonyms of the word

espousal

• n. A betrothal.
• n. A wedding ceremony.
• n. Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.

acceptance

• n. The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence;…
• n. Belief in something; agreement; assent.
• n. State of being accepted.
• n. (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay…
• n. (business, finance) The bill of exchange itself when accepted.
• n. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception…
• n. (law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
• n. (US, government) The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assents…
• n. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

acceptation

• n. (obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
• n. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
• n. Ready belief.

adoption

• n. The act of adopting.
• n. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own…
• n. Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
• n. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
• n. (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.

approval

• n. An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that…
• n. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
• n. (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can…

approving

• adj. Expressing approbation; commending.
• v. present participle of approve.

betrothal

• n. The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a…

blessing

• n. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
• n. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
• n. Good fortune.
• n. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
• n. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
• n. A thing one is glad of.
• n. A prayer before a meal; grace.
• n. A group of unicorns.

bridal

• n. (now archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
• adj. Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.

marriage

• n. The state of being married.
• n. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights…
• n. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
• n. (figuratively) A close union.
• n. A joining of two parts.
• n. (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em or melded in pinochle.
• n. (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above…

rite

• n. A religious custom.
• n. (by extension) A prescribed behavior.
• adj. Informal spelling of right.
• adv. Informal spelling of right.
• interj. Informal spelling of right.
• n. Informal spelling of right.

ritual

• adj. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
• n. rite; a repeated set of actions.

wedding

• v. present participle of wed.
• n. Marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
• n. Joining of two or more parts.
• v. (intransitive, humorous) To participate in a wedding.