PLEDGE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

pledge 1 of 2

verb

Definition of pledge

as in to commit

to obligate by prior agreement I would love to go to dinner with you, but I've pledged myself to a play with my parents that night

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renege

as in to pawn

to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan pledged their house against the loan

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as in to vow

to make a solemn declaration of intent I pledge that I will abide by all of the rules of this organization

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noun

ˈplej

as in guarantee

something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise I was required to leave my keys as a pledge that I would bring the car back

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as in promise

a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something made a pledge to quit smoking

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Crews worked overnight to shore up the former Pfizer headquarters as city officials install temporary supports, keep nearby buildings evacuated and pledge a rigorous safety review before construction resumes. — Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Britain, France, and Germany pledged to spend more than $50 billion on long-range weapons. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Noun

To the south, Spain refused the 5% pledge and Italy sits below 2%, their forces spread across Lebanon, the Red Sea and North Africa. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 But this year’s summit in Ankara is expected to move the debate from pledges to implementation. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pledge

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Verb

Florida has been legally committed to this question for more than 30 years.

— Masha Pearl, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
All of the democratic socialist legislators, including then-Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, were smart enough to stay away, figuring this was not the moment to cheer Hamas, even for those committed to the Palestinian cause.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of commit

Verb

Staging an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in front of the White House last month lost the company $30 million and left UFC president Dana White vowing to never stage something like that again.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Egypt’s head coach, though, didn’t mention it during his post-match media duties and instead vowed to stop watching the tournament altogether.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of vow

Noun

The price equation If OPEC turns the spigots to max, a complex operation with no guarantee of success, all that oil may have nowhere to go.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Credit Saint Credit Restoration Highlights Credit Saint offers three packages for credit repair services and a 90-day money-back guarantee for services.

— Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of guarantee

Verb

If the account is created for a baby, $1,000 will be deposited into the account from the federal government.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 July 2026
To search for evidence of fire use, the researchers analyzed rodent bones littering the cave, deposited over thousands of years by roosting owls.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Definition of deposit

Verb

California members of Congress sent a letter to recently sworn-in Québec Premier Christine Fréchette in a bipartisan effort urging the premier to consider reopening trade with the United States.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Raison, who had previously studied meditation, used the EAR to evaluate whether two hundred people who participated in meditation subsequently became kinder, swore less, or engaged in deeper conversations.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Definition of swear

Noun

Nester also called into question the security protocols surrounding the event, asking Bagley about how many officers were assigned and other preparations.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Air Force partnership expands The award extends Asylon’s collaboration with the Air Force beyond autonomous security operations, an area where its robotic platforms already support active missions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of security

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