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espouse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of espouse

1 to give in marriage

  • a couple eager to espouse their eldest daughter
Synonyms of espouse

marry, match, wed
Words Related to espouse

commit, engage

affiance, betroth, pledge, promise

2 to take as a spouse

  • heeded his fatherʼs advice to espouse someone with whom he had common interests
Synonyms of espouse

marry, wed
Words Related to espouse

affiance, betroth, commit, engage, pledge, promise, propose

remarry
Near Antonyms of espouse

separate (from)
Antonyms of espouse

divorce

3 to take for oneʼs own use (something originated by another)

  • after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice
Synonyms of espouse

adopt, borrow, embrace, take on, take up
Words Related to espouse

domesticate, naturalize

appropriate, arrogate, take over, usurp

absorb, assimilate, incorporate, quote

cherish, prize, treasure

cultivate, follow, heed, honor

use, utilize

bring up, foster, nurture, raise, rear

affect, assume, copy, imitate, pretend, put on, simulate
Phrases Synonymous with espouse

pick up on
Near Antonyms of espouse

abandon, forsake, give up, relinquish, surrender

abjure, abnegate, disown

reject, renounce, repudiate, spurn

discard, jettison, junk, throw away, throw out

Synonym Discussion of espouse

adopt, embrace, espouse mean to take an opinion, policy, or practice as one's own. adopt implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's nature.
    • forced to adopt new policies
embrace implies a ready or happy acceptance.
    • embraced the customs of their new homeland
espouse adds an implication of close attachment to a cause and a sharing of its fortunes.
    • espoused the cause of women's rights

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