betrothal

Then my four-year betrothal to a handsome, wonderful man had been called off, and I was left considering that I might have deliberately blown it up.

Mr Baxter, who works as a lab technician, said he believed it was a betrothal ring.

For Nasreen, getting to New Delhi after she ran away from her family and the betrothal they had arranged for her was a daring feat.

In Field, he thought he had found someone to love and grow old with and the pair had undergone a "betrothal" ceremony in 2014.

“Bride prices,” a tradition of betrothal gifts paid to the woman’s family, are skyrocketing.