Tryst

Definitions

1. A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
2. A mutual agreement, a covenant.
   obsolete
3. A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
   Scotland, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“And Vivien, like⟳ the tenderest-hearted maid / That ever bided tryst at village stile, / Made answer⟳, either eyelid wet⟳ with tears: […]”

“A silence supreme and altogether European. Shutters drawn, shops barred. A red glow here and there to mark⟳ a tryst.”

“But, for the most part, we shall mark⟳ our progress⟳ to the dawn of life by the measure⟳ of those 40 natural milestones, the trysts that enrich our pilgrimage.”

“If someone trusts you, what is lost if you betray that trust⟳? As Scarlett is tempted to see⟳ it, sometimes nothing at all. If her husband remains ignorant of her tryst, then his trust⟳ in her will remain⟳ intact. ‘No one gets hurt⟳’ runs her reasoning, so why not go ahead?”

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