"espousal" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English espousal, espousaille, from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia (“a betrothal”), neuter plural of sponsalis, from spōnsus (“one betrothed, a spouse”); see spouse.",
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          "text": "So he pressed her again and again with advice on the matter of espousals; but she ever opposed to him refusals, till at last she turned upon him angrily and cried, \"O my father, if thou name matrimony to me once more, I will go into my chamber and take a sword, and, fixing its hilt on the ground, will set its point to my waist; then I will press upon it, till it come forth from my back, and so slay myself.\"",
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          "roman": "ženitba",
          "sense": "wedding ceremony",
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          "word": "женитба"
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          "sense": "wedding ceremony",
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        "Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea."
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          "word": "omaksuminen"
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      "word": "женитба"
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      "word": "omaksuminen"
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