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oath
[ ohth ]
noun
- a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
to testify upon oath.
- a statement or promise strengthened by such an appeal.
- a formally affirmed statement or promise accepted as an equivalent of an appeal to a deity or to a revered person or thing; affirmation.
- the form of words in which such a statement or promise is made.
- an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God or anything sacred.
Synonyms: profanity
- any profane expression; curse; swear word:
He slammed the door with a muttered oath.
oath
/ əʊθ /
noun
- a solemn pronouncement to affirm the truth of a statement or to pledge a person to some course of action, often involving a sacred being or object as witness juratory
- the form of such a pronouncement
- an irreverent or blasphemous expression, esp one involving the name of a deity; curse
- on oath or upon oath or under oath
- under the obligation of an oath
- law having sworn to tell the truth, usually with one's hand on the Bible
- take an oathto declare formally with an oath or pledge, esp before giving evidence
Word History and Origins
Origin of oath1
Word History and Origins
Origin of oath1
Example Sentences
"We need to get to the truth," he told MPs, and said an inquiry, with powers to compel witnesses to attend and give evidence under oath, was needed.
“I believe Magic lied under oath to protect himself from being involved with this.”
Nine Californians officially took their oath of office Friday afternoon to join the 119th Congress.
Years later, both young women said under oath that police pressured them, using aggressive interrogation tactics that led them to concoct stories about Cox that were not true.
They were finally freed the day his successor, Ronald Reagan, took the oath of office.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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