Everyone intended getting rid of female in partnership (8)
I believe the answer is:
alliance
'partnership' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'everyone intended getting rid of female' is the wordplay.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'intended' becomes 'fiance' (I've seen this before).
'getting rid of' is a deletion indicator.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'fiance' with 'f' taken away is 'iance'.
'all'+'iance'='ALLIANCE'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for alliance that I've seen before include "Wanting marriage" , "Coalition or union" , "Association for mutual benefit" , "Union for mutual benefit" , "Kind of partnership with canaille" .)