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affiance	to promise or pledge (oneself) to marry; betroth.
assurance	a pledge, promise, or guarantee. [1/3 definitions]
bet	the amount of money you promise to pay if your guess about a future event is wrong. [1/3 definitions]
bonded	subject to a binding promise to pay, as monetary debt. [1/3 definitions]
borrow	to take something and promise to return it.
breach	an act of breaking a law or promise. [1/4 definitions]
breach of promise	in law, a breaking of a promise, esp. a promise to marry a particular person.
civil rights	certain rights, such as the right to vote and own property. In the United States the Constitution and Acts of Congress promise these rights to citizens.
comer	(informal) one who shows promise or is advancing rapidly. [1/2 definitions]
commit	to promise to give a thing such as money or time or your own effort and to not change your decision to give it. [1/2 definitions]
cop out	(informal) to avoid facing a responsibility or fulfilling a promise, esp. in a cowardly way.
cop-out	(informal) an instance or act of evading responsibility or not fulfilling a promise.
covenant	to promise by entering into a covenant. [1/6 definitions]
engage	to promise (oneself or another), especially with the aim of entering into marriage. [1/6 definitions]
engaged	keeping a promise and plan of marriage.
engagement	a promise to marry; a period of time before the marriage. [1/2 definitions]
favorable	showing the promise of something good. [1/3 definitions]
four-flusher	(informal) one without the means to deliver on a promise; one whose position is weak, but who nonetheless presents it as strong; bluffer.
gage¹	an object, such as a glove, thrown down as a symbol of a promise or challenge to fight. [1/2 definitions]
go back on	to retract (a promise, statement, or decision).
guarantee	a promise that something you have bought will work well. If it does not, the store must either repair it or give you a new one. [3/2 definitions]

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