Espouse synonyms and antonyms

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support (related)
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
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marry
(Nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
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embrace
(Law) To try illegally to influence or instruct (a jury)
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adopt
To vote to accept:
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uphold
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
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advocate
One who actively assists, defends, pleads, prosecutes, speaks, writes, or otherwise supports the cause of another. A lawyer. To speak, write, or otherwise support a cause by argument.
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take up
To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
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back
To cause to move backward or in a reverse direction:
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betroth
To promise to give in marriage.
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boost
To assist in further development or progress:
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champion
(Usually of a cause) to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for
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defend
To act as lawyer for (an accused)
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further
Far
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mate
To mate is defined as to come together in marriage or to breed offspring.
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pledge
To accept as a prospective member of such an organization.
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promote
To help establish or organize (a new enterprise), as by securing financial backing:
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unite
To become combined or joined together; become one or as one, by adhering, associating, etc.
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wed
To marry
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divorce (antonym)
Divorce is defined as to legally dissolve a marriage.
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reject (antonym)
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
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forsake (antonym)
To leave; abandon
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hitch
To attach, tie or fasten.
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take on
To acquire, bring in, or introduce.
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marriage (related)
To join or be joined in marriage
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accept (related)
To endure resignedly or patiently:
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give (related)
To offer in good faith; pledge:
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sweep-up
(Intransitive) To clean by sweeping.
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follow
To occur or be evident as a consequence; result:
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get-married
To become married, to espouse.
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conjoin
(Intransitive) To unite, to join, to league.
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hook up with
take in marriage
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get hitched with
take in marriage
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propound (related)
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collectivist (related)
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communitarian (related)
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socialistic (related)
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individualist (related)
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repudiate (related)
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relativist (related)
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mercantilist (related)
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laissez-faire (related)
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particularist (related)
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scientistic (related)
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  • How can the state be racist and espouse an ideology of multiculturalism?

  • Some religions that espouse reincarnation also believe that you could just as easily return as a plant, animal or even an insect.

  • Pound is one of those pompous twits who espouse political correctness and believe they know best what is good for you.

  • He is the first Conservative leader to espouse a doctrine which the Church of England finds entirely repulsive.

  • But the popes, Gregory III., Zachary and Stephen II., determining at any cost to espouse the national cause and to aggrandize their own office, continued to rely upon the Franks.

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