espouseverb [ T ]
uk/esˈpaʊz/us/esˈpaʊz/formalto become involved with or support an activity or opinion:
Vegetarianism is one cause she does not espouse.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- countenance
- defensible
- endorse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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espousal
noun [ S or U ] uk/esˈpaʊ.zəl/us/esˈpaʊ.zəl/
Espousal of such liberal ideas won't make her very popular around here.