as in promise
a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something
I need your oath that you won't do anything until I've had time to make a decision
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Recent Examples of oath
Papal elections, by contrast, are infrequent and rely on votes from cardinals who have sworn an oath of secrecy.
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Durbin made his comments before Bondi took her oath to testify truthfully before the Judiciary Committee and delivered her own testimony.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
In California, for example, the 1950 Levering Act mandated a loyalty oath for all state employees, including professors at public universities.
—Laura Gail Miller, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
That's what the oath says—foreign and domestic.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Durbin made his comments before Bondi took her oath to testify truthfully before the Judiciary Committee and delivered her own testimony.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
In California, for example, the 1950 Levering Act mandated a loyalty oath for all state employees, including professors at public universities.
—Laura Gail Miller, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
That's what the oath says—foreign and domestic.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oath
Noun
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The company positions the launch as a decisive break from years of delays and unmet promises around solid-state battery commercialization.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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South African billionaire Motsepe — who owns one of Africa’s most successful clubs, Mamelodi Sundowns — was first elected CAF president in 2021 on the promise of making African football globally competitive.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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The bride and groom can be seen exchanging vows inside the ornate venue, which was brimming with floral arrangements for the occasion.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Nearly two years after splitting from DiMaggio, Monroe took her final vows with Miller.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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That blueprint must become real commitments to replenish adaptation and loss-and-damage funds, move beyond the Glasgow pledge to double adaptation finance by 2025, and work toward tripling by 2030, channelled directly to farmers, mayors, engineers, and innovators.—
Natalie Unterstell,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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OpenAI made the pledge to improve its safety protections for people in mental distress on the day the Raine family filed their suit.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Oath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oath. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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