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Definition of jilting : of Jilt

Synonyms:

shearing, discarding, checking, exuding, excising, excluding, ejecting, chopping, culling, sniping, emitting, rejecting, discharging, clipping, secreting, venting, cropping, spewing, vomiting, junking, disclaiming, jettisoning, blacklisting, shedding, cutting, curtailing, disallowing, seeping, eliminating, blackballing, erupting, lopping, oppugning, exhausting, excreting, disgorging, ejaculating, draining, abandoning, disapproving, barring, deep-sixing, evacuating, trashing, belching, denying

Usage examples:

• And this was in the month of January of the year 1779. As for Aloysia, she had cause enough to regret jilting one of the greatest, as well as one of the most gentle, souls in the world. - "The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1", Rupert Hughes.
• So- there can be no jilting here, I am secur'd from being cozen'd however. - "The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6)", Aphra Behn.
• But Schonan, who had not recovered from his jilting, kept his behind him, and muttered something incomprehensible. - "The Sign of Flame", E. Werner.