oath
- Noun. A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king, or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract.
- Noun. the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an '''oath'''.
- 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'''''.
- Noun. a curse.
- Noun. (legal) An affirmation of the truth of a statement.
- Verb. (archaic) To pledge.
- Verb. Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities').
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