Usually means: Promise to marry; engagement period.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. betrothment: Merriam-Webster
  2. betrothment: Wordnik
  3. betrothment: Wiktionary
  4. Betrothment, betrothment: Dictionary.com
  5. Betrothment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Betrothment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. betrothment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Betrothment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. betrothment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. betrothment: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Betrothment: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Betrothment: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (betrothment)

▸ noun:  The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed.

Similar:
handfast, heartbond, marriage, bonding, besetment, coagmentation, enthralldom, embroilment, bind, commitment, more...

Opposite:
breakup, separation, dissolution

Types:
handfasting, betrothal, engagement, more...

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Similar:
handfast, heartbond, marriage, bonding, besetment, coagmentation, enthralldom, embroilment, bind, commitment, more...

Opposite:
breakup, separation, dissolution

Types:
handfasting, betrothal, engagement, more...



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