n. 1. a. Betrothal. b. One's pledged fidelity. 2. Good faith; fidelity. tr.v. trothed, troth·ing, troths To pledge or betroth. [Middle English trouthe, trothe, variant of treuthe, from Old English trēowth, truth; see deru- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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