Definition of oath

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Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc..

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Objuration :: Objuration (n.) A binding by oath.
Voir Dire :: Voir dire () An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence..
Satiate :: Satiate (v. t.) To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office..
Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To tender, as an oath..
Compurgation :: Compurgation (v. t.) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Ugly :: Ugly (superl.) Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
Oathable :: Oathable (a.) Capable of having an oath administered to.
Nauseate :: Nauseate (v. t.) To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.
Loathliness :: Loathliness (n.) Loathsomeness.
Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
Juratory :: "Juratory (a.) Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution..
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty..
Unswear :: Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure..
Affidavit :: Affidavit (n.) A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate..
Glut :: Glut (n.) Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market..
Loathed :: Loathed (imp. & p. p.) of Loath.
Testify :: Testify (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal..
Depose :: Depose (v. i.) To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
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