Oath

Noun

 * 1) A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king, or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract
 * 2) * 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 3.
 * for they made Ocean and Tethys the parents of creation, and described the oath of the gods as being by water,
 * 1) the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
 * 2) A light or insulting use of a solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract the name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths
 * 3) a curse
 * 4)  An affirmation of the truth of a statement.

Derived terms

 * oathbound
 * oathbreaker
 * oathless
 * under oath

Related terms

 * bloody oath (Australian slang)
 * fucken oath (Australian slang)
 * :affidavit
 * :perjury

Verb

 * 1) (archaic) To pledge.
 * 2) Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities')

Adjectives for Oath
grating; simultaneous; strange; furious; blood-curdling; infringed; binding; imperial; solemn; dreadful; round; sacred; pretty; horrible; slippery; sailor; continental protesting; frantic; furious; new-found consecrating; mouth-filling; royal; fearsome rude; knightly; deadly; dismal; blistering raucous; bold-beating; favorite; meaningless; soul-confirming; tremendous; angry ingenious; inviolable; bombastic; ancient; solemn; confounding; unfeigned; innocent; brave; deep; little; bellowing; muttered; iron-clad; sacramental.

Verbs for Oath
administer—; break—; cast—; flay with—; hiss—; launch—at; hurl—; repudiate—; spit out—; subscribe to—; utter—; —breaks from; —consummates; —solemnizes; —s stream from; —symbolizes; —vows; falsify under—.

Thesaurus
Bible oath, assurance, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, curse, cuss, cuss word, dirty name, dirty word, dysphemism, epithet, expletive, extrajudicial oath, faith, foul invective, guarantee, guaranty, imprecation, ironclad oath, judicial oath, loyalty oath, malediction, naughty word, no-no, oath of allegiance, oath of office, obscenity, official oath, parole, pledge, plight, profane oath, profanity, promise, solemn declaration, solemn oath, swear, swearword, sworn statement, test oath, troth, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor

Etymology
From aþ:.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Catalan: jurament
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 誓詞, 誓词
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĵuro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שבועה (shvooah)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 誓い (ちかい, chikai), 誓約 (せいやく, seiyaku)


 * Korean: 맹세 (maengse)
 * Kurdish:, êqîn , qesem , ,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: заклетва, присега
 * Roman: zakletva, prisega
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ప్రమాణం (pramaaNaM)
 * Turkish:, yemin
 * Yiddish: שבֿועה


 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 宣誓 (せんせい, sensei)


 * Kurdish: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: заклетва, присега
 * Roman: zakletva, prisega
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ప్రమాణం (pramaaNaM)


 * Armenian:, նզովք,  հայհոյանք
 * Bosnian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:, ,


 * Macedonian: пцост, пцовка
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: псовка
 * Roman: psovka
 * Swedish: ,


 * : 誓言 (shìyán)
 * : sumpah
 * : 선서 (seonseo)
 * : juramento

Verb

 * French: jurer
 * German:
 * Middle High German:
 * Italian:


 * Kurdish:


 * French: jurer

Homonyms

 * oaf

Anagrams

 * HATO