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] |