oath

  1. Noun.  A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king, or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract.
  2. Noun.  the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an '''oath'''.
  3. Noun.  A light or insulting use of a solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract the name of a deity in a profanity, as in ''swearing '''oaths'''''.
  4. Noun.  a curse.
  5. Noun.  (legal) An affirmation of the truth of a statement.
  6. Verb.  (archaic) To pledge.
  7. Verb.  Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities').

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