Antonyms for espoused

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ih-spouz, ih-spous

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs

Definition of espoused

Origin : mid-15c., "to take as spouse, marry," from Old French espouser "marry, take in marriage, join in marriage" (11c., Modern French épouser), from Latin sponsare, past participle of spondere (see espousal).
Extended sense of "adopt, embrace" a cause, party, etc., is from 1620s. Related: Espoused; espouses; espousing. For initial e-, see especial.

verb stand up for; support
verb marry

Example sentences :

I do not ask your name, nor do I wish to know which cause you have espoused.
Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton

And especially, how would she be regarded by her espoused husband?
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

Eventually he returned to the party which he had espoused, and escaped to France.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. » by Mrs. Thomson

Lately the Democrats have espoused "free silver," and the Republicans have "buried" them.
Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous

He had been living all these years for himself, was it not time that he espoused some other motive?
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

The dictatorship was fitted to be repudiated by Cincinnatus, and to be espoused by Cæsar.
Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo

Yet it may be mentioned that Braccio had espoused Alfonso's cause.
Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds

He never exposed a weak point, nor espoused a worthless cause.
Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson

He took no sides, pronounced no judgment, espoused no cause.
Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

"That man will kill himself in the cause he has espoused," remarked Debray.
Extract from : « Edmond Dants » by Edmund Flagg

Synonyms for espoused

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