SWORN Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of sworn

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verb

past participle of swear

as in cursed

to use offensive or indecent language no one is allowed to swear in this house

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as in vowed

to make a solemn declaration of intent swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

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as in testified

to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence

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Adjective

Athens joins Georgia towns navigating Flock On Friday, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department announced the termination of Nick Barker, the Criminal Intelligence Analyst Supervisor and a non-sworn civilian employee for misusing Flock technology. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Gearhart now works as a non-sworn detention deputy at the Denver Contract Detention Facility, also known as the Aurora ICE Processing Center, which is operated by The Geo Group. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 20 May 2026 Gillum then returned to the Chapel Hill police department as a non-sworn employee before leaving for another job by the end of that year, Alex Carrasquillo, communications manager for the Town of Chapel Hill, told CNN. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Gillum returned to the Chapel Hill Police Department as a non-sworn employee in 2024 before leaving later that year. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 State law requires public schools to have either a law enforcement officer or a non-sworn armed guardian. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026 At the time, Samuel Machado was a lieutenant with the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and his wife, Tammy Machado, was a non-sworn administrative employee. — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 And yet, despite that, there had been the weight gain, just enough for the zipper on the Balenciaga to become her sworn enemy. — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026

Verb

Weeks later, after launching her mayoral campaign, Raman went on NBC4 and declared that city leaders need to maintain the size of the LAPD and keep sworn staffing from getting smaller. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Among the minimum qualifications for the job are at least 15 years of service in law enforcement and 5–7 years in leadership positions at a large department with 1,000 or more sworn law enforcement officers. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 De la Espriella, who was sworn into office in August, has portrayed himself as a staunch supporter of Colombia’s armed forces. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions and public servants sworn to uphold it. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 As a state legislator, I am obligated to uphold the laws when we are sworn into office. — Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 What was sworn to be the final chapter in a revolutionary trilogy, the shift in tone from the first two installments can be attributed to a change in writers. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026 Before Santos was sworn into office in 2023, doubts about his biography had emerged. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Rather, the crisis of the Lincoln has illuminated a pattern of callousness and cruelty toward military personnel, people who have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

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Harford County residents on alert The confirmed case inside an elementary school has some Harford County residents concerned about the presence of wildlife in the community.

— Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
The Ebola outbreak centered in the eastern Ituri province is the fastest-growing in the disease’s history and remains out of control with 5,713 confirmed cases, including 2,744 deaths, according to Congolese health authorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of confirmed

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Kristian Matsson, who records under the moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, is both blessed and cursed by having arrived nearly fully formed.

— David Harris, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
Shunned by locals, who believe she is cursed, Eleni turns to ancient rituals to resurrect her dead offspring but instead summons malevolent folkloric creatures known as the Kalikantzari.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of cursed

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Saxon testified that West planned to turn the luxury beachfront home, designed by prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, into an off-the-grid bunker.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
Vaccaro Hill testified during the trial that Hill shoved her to the ground, twisted her breasts, pulled her hair and threatened her.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of testified

Verb

Peltola has also promised to expand the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which help low-income households pay for their energy bills.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Vaonis has promised to expand the Atlas ecosystem after launch, including a backpack, filters, an equatorial wedge and most importantly, new imaging modules.

— Harry Bennett, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of promised

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The Beach Boys’ touring machine has been going nearly nonstop for the last 65 or so years, as Stamos and Christian Love noted in the intro, driven by Mike as one of pop music’s most inveterate and even seemingly compulsive tourers.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
The cast features not just the creator, who makes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype her own as ukulele troubadour Lulu, but also a pre-Bridgerton Jonathan Bailey in the wild role of an inveterate womanizer.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of inveterate

Verb

Advertisement After the ban, Rooney pledged to donate money from her book sales to the group.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The mayor before that, Bill de Blasio, had pledged to eliminate the rides on day one of his administration but abandoned the crusade after heavy opposition from unions and a media blitz involving actor Liam Neeson.

— Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of pledged

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