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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a mutual promise to marry;
[syn: betrothal, troth, engagement]

2. the act of becoming betrothed or engaged;
[syn: betrothal, espousal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Betrothal \Be*troth"al\, n.
   The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a
   mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage
   between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. "The
   feast of betrothal." --Longfellow.
   [1913 Webster]