as in vows
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 oaths
In New York and Charleston, thousands publicly signed loyalty oaths to the king within months of the army’s arrival.
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Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Like loyalty oaths in the 1950s, today’s political controversies create a climate in which many teachers feel pressure to avoid contentious topics altogether.
—Laura Gail Miller, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Indeed, since changes in producer prices are an early warning of coming price boosts at the household level, economic policy makers in the administration and at the Fed who swore oaths to do their jobs should miss some sleep.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Like loyalty oaths in the 1950s, today’s political controversies create a climate in which many teachers feel pressure to avoid contentious topics altogether.
—Laura Gail Miller, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Indeed, since changes in producer prices are an early warning of coming price boosts at the household level, economic policy makers in the administration and at the Fed who swore oaths to do their jobs should miss some sleep.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oaths
Noun
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The video also captured the special moment when the couple exchanged vows.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t the first time wedding vows have gained viral attention.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Republicans have said the expansions from the pandemic era went too far and have tried to persuade Democrats to fund a temporary spending bill that doesn't address the expiring ACA subsidies, with promises of discussing ways to continue the subsidies later.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2025
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As the trailer promises, those threats — whether of the high-flying, head-smashing, fiery, toothy or mysterious variety — will leave audiences on the edge of their seats, and holding onto their butts.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the education department leader told ABC News that the latest RIF flies in the face of McMahon's pledges.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2025
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There might be some kind of donor conference and all kinds of pledges, but will those materialize?—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Oaths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oaths. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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