espousing
Championing a cause
Espousing is adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life: She's been espousing veganism for years, politicians espousing free-market principles.
The word carries a sense of public advocacy—you don't just hold a view, you champion it.
An older meaning, to espouse someone, meant to marry them, now rare outside legal or literary contexts.
Vigorously supporting a cause
- promotingActively supporting or furthering
- endorsingPublicly declaring approval
- upholdingContinuing to support
- defendingProtecting against harm
supporting · backing · proclaiming · affirming · asserting · lobbying · campaigning · persuading
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
adherence · constancy · fidelity · steadfastness · pledge · vow · promise · obligation
championing
Vigorously supporting a cause
- promotingActively supporting or furthering
- endorsingPublicly declaring approval
- upholdingContinuing to support
defending · supporting · backing · proclaiming · affirming · asserting · lobbying · campaigning · persuading · arguing
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
faithfulness · adherence · constancy · fidelity · steadfastness · pledge · vow · promise · obligation · bond
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
engagement · vows · bride · groom · ceremony · altar · union · wedlock · handfasting · trousseau
espousingopposing
Standing against something
rejecting · denouncing · condemning · repudiating · attacking
espousingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
forsaking · relinquishing · deserting · abjuring · recanting
espousingdivorcing
Terminating a marriage legally
leaving · annulling · separating · deserting · abandoning