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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Unswear :: Unswear (v. i.) To recall an oath.
Deponent :: Deponent (v. t.) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing..
Qualify :: Qualify (v. i.) To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office..
Loathness :: Loathness (n.) Unwillingness; reluctance.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath..
Forswearer :: Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
Goatherd :: Goatherd (n.) One who tends goats.
Cock :: Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths..
Depose :: Depose (v. t.) To put under oath.
Abominable :: Abominable (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable..
Perjure :: Perjure (v. t.) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
Laidly :: Laidly (a.) Ugly; loathsome.
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath..
Expletive :: Expletive (n.) A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath..
Abhorrent :: Abhorrent (a.) Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts..
Dejerate :: Dejerate (v. i.) To swear solemnly; to take an oath.
Swown :: 'Swounds (interj.) An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation..
Depone :: Depone (v. t.) To assert under oath; to depose.
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..
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