hand in marriage
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- betrothalFormal marriage agreement
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- brideWoman getting married
groom · courtship · dowry · suitor · vow · altar · blessing · union · ceremony · ring · kneel · promise · matrimony · nuptials · father · consent · tradition · love
romantic commitment status
hand in marriagerejection
Denial of acceptance
refusal · jilting · broken engagement · left at the altar · divorce
relational outcome
hand in marriagedivorce
Legal end of matrimony
annulment · separation · breakup · estrangement · walking papers
romantic availability
hand in marriagesingle life
State of being unpartnered
bachelorhood · spinsterhood · independence · freedom · celibacy