OATH Synonyms

• a deposit of personal property as security for a debt

• someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group

• a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

• a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something

• promise solemnly and formally

• pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals

• propose a toast to

• give as a guarantee

• bind or secure by a pledge

• a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner

• make a vow; promise

• dedicate to a deity by a vow

• a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

• the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

• (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)

• a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• compatibility of observations

• harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

• the verbal act of agreeing

• freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

• a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something

• a statement intended to inspire confidence

• a British term for some kinds of insurance

• the action of bearing witness

• the evidence by which something is attested

• United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

• an electrical force linking atoms

• British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

• a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• a connection that fastens things together

• a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

• the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• issue bonds on

• bring together in a common cause or emotion

• the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

• a message that makes a pledge

• the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

• (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return

• enter into a covenant

• enter into a covenant or formal agreement

• a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

• (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction

• a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a formal public statement

• a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

• a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• make a promise or commitment

• promise to undertake or give

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• give grounds for expectations

• a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• (music) the presentation of a musical theme

• a nonverbal message

• the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

• a document showing credits and debits

• a mutual promise to marry

• a solemn pledge of fidelity

• a unit of language that native speakers can identify

• the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

• a brief statement

• the sacred writings of the Christian religions

• information about recent and important events

• a verbal command for action

• an exchange of views on some topic

• a promise

• a string of bits stored in computer memory

• a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

• put into words or an expression

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

• a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

• an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

• an evil spell

• something causing misery or death

• a severe affliction

• utter obscenities or profanities

• heap obscenities upon

• wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

• exclude from a church or a religious community

• a persistently annoying person

• a boy or man

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

• utter obscenities or profanities

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

• a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line