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Oath
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English
Noun
oath (plural oaths)
- A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract
- the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
- A light or insulting use of the name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths
- a curse
Related terms
- bloody oath (Australian slang)
- fucken oath (Australian slang)
Translations
- Chinese: 誓言
- Dutch: eed m
- French: serment m
- German: Eid m
- Greek: όρκος m
- Indonesian: sumpah
- Italian: giuramento m
- Japanese: 宣誓
- Korean: 선서
- Portuguese: juramento m
- Russian: присяга f (prisyaga)
- Spanish: juramento m
- Swedish: ed c (1,2), svordom c (2)
Verb
- (archaic) To pledge.
- Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities')
Homonyms
External links
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