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betrothment

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

Noun

betrothment (countable and uncountable, plural betrothments)

  1. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed.
    Synonyms:
    betrothal

betrothment meaning in Sanskrit

betrothment in Sanskrit

betrothment
वाक्य vākya

Synonyms of betrothment

Forms of betrothment

pluralbetrothments

Origin of betrothment

From betroth + -ment.

Questions about betrothment

What does betrothment mean?
Betrothment means the act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed.
What is betrothment in Sanskrit?
Betrothment in Sanskrit is वाक्य (vākya). See Betrothment meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is betrothment?
Betrothment is a noun.
What is the plural of betrothment?
The plural of betrothment is betrothments.

Words near betrothment in the dictionary

  1. betrothen
  2. betrothes
  3. betrothest
  4. betrotheth
  5. betrothing
  6. betrothment
  7. betrothments
  8. betroths
  9. betrousered
  10. betrow
  11. betrump

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betrothment (page history and authors); वाक्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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