noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The rejection of a lover.

   "It produced its usual crop of marriages, jiltings, slanders, and other embarrassments..."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of jilt form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

abandonactorartful dodgerback outbamboozlerbefuddler

Example

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"It produced its usual crop of marriages, jiltings, slanders, and other embarrassments..."

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