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oath
Part of speech: NounA solemn declaration that one speaks the truth, with an appeal to God as witness; a profane use of the name of God or of any sacred thing.
Usage examples "oath":- " I shall keep this," Dare said, putting it in his pocket- book; and then, turning to the woman again, he said, with an oath, " Will you go, or will you wait till you are turned out?" - "The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers", Mary Cholmondeley.
- I will not break my oath! - "Old Fritz and the New Era", Louise Muhlbach.
- Then Tom heard the oath which bound him to serve the United States of America honorably as a soldier. - "Tom of the Raiders", Austin Bishop.