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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
The case would be paused anyway after 20 January, when Trump takes the oath of office, he said.
Like John Ashcroft, who was attorney general under George W. Bush, Sessions was a former partisan who took his institutional role and oath of office seriously once he became attorney general.
But every senior military officer also takes an oath to defend the Constitution, and pledges to refuse illegal, unconstitutional or criminal directives.
“You take an oath to defend the Constitution, and it is well understood that you pursue cases based on the facts and the law, not for partisan or political reasons.”
Would its leadership drop the oath to the Constitution and swear an oath to Trump personally, as the German Army did when it swore personal allegiance to the Führer rather than the Weimar constitution?
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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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