covenant

²cov·e·nant

verb \-nənt, -ˌnant\

Definition of COVENANT

transitive verb

: to promise by a covenant : pledge

intransitive verb

: to enter into a covenant : contract

Examples of COVENANT

1. <a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself>
2. <the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate>

First Known Use of COVENANT

14th century

Related to COVENANT

Synonyms: bargain, contract, agree

Antonyms: disagree

Related Words: come around, come round; subscribe, underwrite; arrange, settle

Near Antonyms: differ, dissent; cancel, renege, revoke; argue, contest, dispute, object

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Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with COVENANT

adamant, commandant, complaisant, confidant, confidante, cormorant, corposant, Corybant, dilettante, disenchant, gallivant, hierophant, interplant, pitcher plant, power plant, rubber plant, spider plant, sycophant