courtship

Noun

Meaning

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.

Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.

Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

courting wooing suit romance pursuit flirtation dalliance love-making amour myrtle case cause court love relationship
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Antonyms

dissociation detestation break separation breaking collapse
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Hypernyms

appeal prayer entreaty

Hyponyms

suit bundling

Related terms

court courting courtly courtliness

Phrases with the word

courtship week courtship behaviour courtship display

Examples

its was a brief and intense courtship Source: Internet

A brief courtship, yet Melville had already asked her father for her hand in March but was turned down. Source: Internet

After three weeks of courtship, Scott proposed and they were married on Christmas Eve 1797 in St Mary's Church, Carlisle (a church set up in the now destroyed nave of Carlisle Cathedral ). Source: Internet

After the war, Thomas's widow, Helen, wrote about her courtship and early married life with Edward in the autobiography As it Was (1926); later she added a second volume, World Without End (1931). Source: Internet

After an eight-year courtship, they married in 1986, settling in Briarcliff Manor. Source: Internet

Although they later became estranged, Emma's subsequent death in 1912 had a traumatic effect on him and after her death, Hardy made a trip to Cornwall to revisit places linked with their courtship; his Poems 1912–13 reflect upon her death. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

courts system courts-martial courtsey courtship behaviour courtship display courtship week