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Noun

oath (plural oaths)

  1. A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract
  2. the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
  3. A light or insulting use of the name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths
  4. a curse

Related terms

  • bloody oath (Australian slang)
  • fucken oath (Australian slang)

Translations

  • Chinese: 誓言
  • Dutch: eed m
  • French: serment m
  • German: Eid m
  • Greek: όρκος m
  • Indonesian: sumpah
  • Italian: giuramento m
  • Japanese: 宣誓
  • Korean: 선서
  • Portuguese: juramento m
  • Russian: присяга f (prisyaga)
  • Spanish: juramento m
  • Swedish: ed c (1,2), svordom c (2)

Verb

  1. (archaic) To pledge.
  2. Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities')

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