ESPOUSE is a term that means to support or ADVOCATE for something. The crossword solutions for this term include BETROTH (7 letters), MAINTAIN (8 letters), CHAMPION (8 letters), EMBRACE (7 letters), CHOOSE (6 letters), JOIN (4 letters), ACCEPT (6 letters), DEFEND (6 letters), BACK (4 letters), CATCH (5 letters), ADVOCATE (8 letters), APPROVE (7 letters), DEW (3 letters), WED (3 letters), ADOPT (5 letters), and PROMOTE (7 letters). Each of these words can be used to describe the act of espousing something, whether it is a person, an idea, or a cause. BETROTH means to become engaged to someone, MAINTAIN means to keep up or preserve something, CHAMPION means to support or fight for something, EMBRACE means to ACCEPT or take on something, CHOOSE means to select something, JOIN means to come together with something, ACCEPT means to agree to something, DEFEND means to protect something, BACK means to support something, CATCH means to understand something, ADVOCATE means to speak in favor of something, APPROVE means to agree to something, DEW means to pledge something, WED means to marry someone, ADOPT means to take something as one's own, and PROMOTE means to support or encourage something.