Des′pon‐sa″tion (?), n. [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] A betrothing; betrothal.
For all this desponsation of her... she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.