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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.
Synonyms: ,
- 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:
- 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
He was one of them, a veteran bureau man, and now he was suspected of betraying his oath and his country.
Like most Lent observers, my commitment to my oath to listen to this app faltered at times.
Lawyers would use a process called discovery to decide who was responsible, by seeking documents and questioning government officials under oath.
“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” he wrote.
She said she would require four officials with the US homeland security department and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to answer questions under oath by 23 April.
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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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