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Forsaking at altar
Answer for the clue "Forsaking at altar ", 7 letters:
jilting
Word definitions for jilting in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jilt \Jilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jilted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jilting .] To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. --Locke.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The rejection of a lover. vb. (present participle of jilt English)
Usage examples of jilting.
Now, instead of a treacly affirmation of unchanging love, the sonnet became a violent refutation of the youth’s jilting, an argument against such self-serving abandonment.