oath en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈoʊθ/ (General-American)
- /ˈəʊθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English ooth, oth, ath, from Old English āþ (“oath”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ (“oath”), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”). Cognate with Scots aith, athe (“oath”), North Frisian ith, iss (“oath”), Saterland Frisian Eed (“oath”), West Frisian eed (“oath”), Dutch eed (“oath”), German Eid (“oath”), Swedish ed (“oath”), Icelandic eið (“oath”), Latin ūtor (“make use of, employ, avail”, verb), Old Irish óeth (“oath”).
Meanings
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A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
But all of us took an oath to do our duty when we joined the Space Force, and I fully expect everyone to willingly keep their word. But you took no oath, and have no obligation.
2007, George Simmons Roth, Battle in Outer Space, →ISBN:"I want to release you from your oath," he said, a slight flutter in his voice.
2002, David B. Coe, Rules of Ascension, Tom Doherty Associates, page 127:There are […] brought all the way from Bougainville to present their birth certificates and testify in this courtroom, under oath, as to their given names.
2011, Mark Leyne, The Tetherballs of Bougainville: A Novel:swear an oath
take an oath
break one's oath
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A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
Wrex: [sigh] Before I left, I made an oath to my father's father. Wrex: I swore to recover my family's battle armor. It was taken from him after the uprising.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:The generals swore an oath of loyalty to the country.
After taking the oath of office, she became the country's forty-third premier.
- A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
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A curse, a curse word.
The farther from the Senator's office, the darker and older the furniture, the freer fly four-letter oaths, the higher the heaps of unfiled and unattended papers culminating in a frenzy of pulp in the press section[…]
1981, Bernard Asbell, The Senate Nobody Knows:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oaths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
abjuration oath · oathbound · oathless · oathbreach · minced oath · oath-brother · oathworthy · oathmaker · take oath · oathbreaking · under oath · oathlike · bodily oath · ken oath · oathtaker · oath-ring · counteroath · ring-oath · weapon oath · on oath · oathbreaker · Hippocratic oath · oathlet · oath-helper · oathful · oath of allegiance · corporal oath · my bloody oath · oath of office · oath of calumny · book oath · oathtaking · oathable · oath-helping
Relateds
statutory declaration · fucking oath · bloody oath · affirmation · solemn affirmation
Synonyms
Translations (244)
uk клятьба́ (solemn pledge) · km សបថ (solemn pledge) · ps حلف (solemn pledge) · ms sumpah (solemn pledge) · ps سوګند (solemn pledge) · fr juron (profanity) · sh zákletva (affirmed statement) · hi शपथ (solemn pledge) · da ed (solemn pledge) · ug قەسەم (solemn pledge) · kmr xeber (profanity) · ang āþ (solemn pledge) · gu સમ (solemn pledge) · mrw sapa' (solemn pledge) · cmn 誓言 (affirmed statement) · cs slib (affirmed statement) · hu eskü (solemn pledge) · ar يَمِين (solemn pledge) · ar حِلْف (solemn pledge) · sw yamini (solemn pledge) · ru руга́тельство (profanity) · sq betim (solemn pledge) · tr ant (solemn pledge) · alt антык (solemn pledge) · it bestemmia (profanity) · rm engirament (solemn pledge) · tg ҳалф (solemn pledge) · nan-hbl 宣誓 (solemn pledge) · tg савганд (solemn pledge) · cmn 宣誓 (solemn pledge) · rif tjaǧit (solemn pledge) · sq be (solemn pledge) · fur ğurament (solemn pledge) · fur zurament (solemn pledge) · vi lời thề (solemn pledge) · de Fluch (profanity) · fa-ira قَسَم (solemn pledge) · cmn 罵人 /骂人 (profanity) · tl panunumpa (solemn pledge) · pa قَسَم (solemn pledge) · hu eskü (affirmed statement) · sh при̏сега (affirmed statement) · sv ed (solemn pledge) · az and (solemn pledge) · ar حَلْف (solemn pledge) · ja 宣誓 (affirmed statement) · rm saramaint (solemn pledge) · tk kasam (solemn pledge) · fa-ira سُوگَنْد (solemn pledge) · os ард (solemn pledge) · pa ਕਸਮ (solemn pledge) · nb ed (solemn pledge) · sv ed (affirmed statement) · lld jurament (solemn pledge) · lv zvērests (solemn pledge) · ota آند (solemn pledge) · ru кля́тва (solemn pledge) · bo མནའ (solemn pledge) · et tõotus (solemn pledge) · kmr dijûn (profanity) · ga mionn (solemn pledge) · alt черт (solemn pledge) · ur سَوگَنْد (solemn pledge) · de Eid (affirmed statement) · ur شَپَتھ (solemn pledge) · hi क़सम (solemn pledge) · ka ფიცი (solemn pledge) · gl xuramento (solemn pledge) · ur قَسَم (solemn pledge) · es juramento (solemn pledge) · rm angiramaint (solemn pledge) · pt jura (solemn pledge) · ko 서약 (solemn pledge) · cmn 誓詞 /誓词 (solemn pledge) · gu કસમ (solemn pledge) · fo eiður (profanity) · cs přísaha (affirmed statement) · cmn 罵人話 /骂人话 (profanity) · mi kupu taurangi (solemn pledge) · grc ὅρκος (solemn pledge) · sk prísaha (solemn pledge) · tt ант (solemn pledge) · cs přísaha (solemn pledge) · it giuramento (solemn pledge) · fi vala (solemn pledge) · ru мат (profanity) · sa शपथ (solemn pledge) · be прыся́га (solemn pledge) · km ប្រណិធាន (solemn pledge) · it giuramento (affirmed statement) · yi שבֿועה (solemn pledge) · eo ĵuro (solemn pledge) · ba ант (solemn pledge) · scn giuramentu (solemn pledge) · gu સોગન (solemn pledge) · sh за́клетва (solemn pledge) · ga móid (solemn pledge) · fi lupaus (affirmed statement) · pa سَون٘ہہ (solemn pledge) · ceb sumpa (solemn pledge) · hy երդում (solemn pledge) · gu સોગંદ (solemn pledge) · sh за́клетва (affirmed statement) · vec giuramento (solemn pledge) · ru кля́тва (affirmed statement) · tr kasem (solemn pledge) · tr yemin (solemn pledge) · be кляцьба́ (solemn pledge) · hu fogadalom (solemn pledge) · ja 誓い (solemn pledge) · bo དམ་བཅའ (affirmed statement) · got 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (solemn pledge) · de Schwur (solemn pledge) · oc jurament (solemn pledge) · ru прокля́тие (profanity) · sw kiapo (affirmed statement) · hy անեծք (profanity) · pt juramento (affirmed statement) · sh prȉsega (solemn pledge) · ky ант (solemn pledge) · nl eed (solemn pledge) · cy llw (solemn pledge) · kmr ehd (affirmed statement) · nb ed (affirmed statement) · sv svordom (profanity) · gl xura (solemn pledge) · vi lời tuyên thệ (solemn pledge) · orv клꙗтва (solemn pledge) · pl klątwa (affirmed statement) · bg кле́тва (solemn pledge) · sh psȏvka (profanity) · fi kirosana (profanity) · fo illbøn (profanity) · sl prisega (affirmed statement) · ssy dhiiwa (solemn pledge) · ast xuramentu (solemn pledge) · non eiðr (solemn pledge) · fa-ira حَلْف (solemn pledge) · pi sapatha (solemn pledge) · mk заклетва (affirmed statement) · sq besë (solemn pledge) · el όρκος (affirmed statement) · pt juramento (solemn pledge) · is eiður (solemn pledge) · kmr soz (affirmed statement) · kmr sixêf (profanity) · es juramiento (solemn pledge) · ca jurament (solemn pledge) · mn ᠲᠠᠩᠭᠠᠷᠢᠭ (solemn pledge) · pl przysięga (solemn pledge) · bn কসম (solemn pledge) · la sacramentum (solemn pledge) · hu szitkozódás (profanity) · te ప్రమాణం (affirmed statement) · ltg pīzvārs (solemn pledge) · rm güramaint (solemn pledge) · rup giurãmintu (solemn pledge) · la iūrāmentum (solemn pledge) · mk пцовка (profanity) · he שבועה \ שְׁבוּעָה (solemn pledge) · sh prȉsega (affirmed statement) · fur ğur (solemn pledge) · ur حَلْف (solemn pledge) · ja 宣誓 (solemn pledge) · kmr qesem (solemn pledge) · ota سوگند (solemn pledge) · nl eed (affirmed statement) · uga 𐎐𐎄𐎗 (solemn pledge) · hy հայհոյանք (profanity) · lo ຄຳສາບານ (solemn pledge) · sk prísaha (affirmed statement) · eu zin (solemn pledge) · pdt Eid (solemn pledge) · hy նզովք (profanity) · uz ont (solemn pledge) · akl sumpa' (solemn pledge) · aa xiiba (solemn pledge) · fo eiður (solemn pledge) · af eed (solemn pledge) · et vanne (solemn pledge) · sv ed (profanity) · mk заклетва (solemn pledge) · gl promesa (solemn pledge) · lt priesaika (solemn pledge) · tr bela (profanity) · bho कसम (solemn pledge) · uk кля́тва (solemn pledge) · ja わいせつ (profanity) · ro jurământ (solemn pledge) · hu szitok (profanity) · pa ਸਹੁੰ (solemn pledge) · ru прися́га (solemn pledge) · yue 宣誓 (solemn pledge) · ar قَسَم (solemn pledge) · fur zur (solemn pledge) · sc giura (solemn pledge) · kmr êqîn (solemn pledge) · mn тангараг (solemn pledge) · yue 宣言 (solemn pledge) · my သစ္စာ (solemn pledge) · uk прися́га (solemn pledge) · ckb سوێن (solemn pledge) · ko 선서 (solemn pledge) · ko 맹세 (solemn pledge) · nn eid (solemn pledge) · pt promessa (solemn pledge) · rup giurat (solemn pledge) · da ed (affirmed statement) · tg қасам (solemn pledge) · fr serment (solemn pledge) · te ప్రమాణం (solemn pledge) · pa ਹਲਫ਼ (affirmed statement) · ja 誓約 (solemn pledge) · sh при̏сега (solemn pledge) · de Eid (solemn pledge) · pt palavrão (profanity) · cu присѧга (solemn pledge) · ro legământ (solemn pledge) · mi oatitanga (affirmed statement) · oc jura (solemn pledge) · bn শপথ (solemn pledge) · mk пцост (profanity) · th คำสาบาน (solemn pledge) · sh псо̑вка (profanity) · kmr sond (solemn pledge) · sl prisega (solemn pledge) · kk ант (solemn pledge) · el όρκος (solemn pledge) · or ଶପଥ (solemn pledge) · gu શપથ (solemn pledge) · lb Eed (solemn pledge) · hi सौगंद (solemn pledge) · grc ὅρκιον (solemn pledge) · la fides (solemn pledge) · tr söz (affirmed statement) · hu káromkodás (profanity) · nl bezwering (solemn pledge) · hy երդում (affirmed statement) · sh zákletva (solemn pledge) · id sumpah (solemn pledge) · kmr soz (solemn pledge) · da løfte (affirmed statement) · kk серт (solemn pledge) · uz qasam (solemn pledge)