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Jilting

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.

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jilting

n. The rejection of a lover. vb. (present participle of jilt English)

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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.