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oath
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- pronunciation:
- oth
- phrases:
- take an oath, under oath
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a solemn pledge to do something, esp. a promise to tell the truth, as in a court of law.
He made an oath that he would never treat his own children the way he had been treated as a child.
- synonyms:
- pledge, word, word of honor
- similar words:
- guarantee, promise, vow
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| definition 2: |
such a pledge in prescribed words, used to declare allegiance or to declare that one will serve one's office honorably.
He becomes president after taking the oath of office.The new physicians took the Hippocratic Oath.- synonyms:
- declaration
- similar words:
- affirmation, avowal, pledge, statement, vow
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| definition 3: |
an irreverent use of the name of a deity, or a similar blasphemous utterance.
My grandmother punished us if we uttered oaths like "for God's sake!" or "Gosh darn it!"- synonyms:
- blasphemy, curse, profanity
- similar words:
- irreverence, obscenity, sacrilege, swearword
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| definition 4: |
a curse word; profanity.
The drivers got out of their cars and hurled oaths at each other.- synonyms:
- curse, curse word, profanity, swearword
- similar words:
- dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, obscenity
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| related words: |
assurance, covenant, exclamation, obligation, word |
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| phrase: |
take an oath, under oath |
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