'Oath' definitions:
Definition of 'oath'
(from WordNet)
noun
Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]
noun
A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury [syn: oath, swearing]
noun
A solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance"
Definition of 'oath'
From: Easton
- Oath a solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions (Deut. 6:13; Jer. 4:2), in various forms (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:5; Ruth 1:17; Hos. 4:15; Rom. 1:9), and taken in different ways (Gen. 14:22; 24:2; 2 Chr. 6:22). God is represented as taking an oath (Heb. 6:16-18), so also Christ (Matt. 26:64), and Paul (Rom. 9:1; Gal. 1:20; Phil. 1:8). The precept, "Swear not at all," refers probably to ordinary conversation between man and man (Matt. 5:34,37). But if the words are taken as referring to oaths, then their intention may have been to show "that the proper state of Christians is to require no oaths; that when evil is expelled from among them every yea and nay will be as decisive as an oath, every promise as binding as a vow."
Synonyms of 'oath'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assurance,
- avouch,
- avouchment,
- avow,
- avowal,
- Bible oath,
- curse,
- cuss,
- cuss word,
- dirty name,
- dirty word,
- dysphemism,
- epithet,
- expletive,
- extrajudicial oath,
- faith,
- foul invective,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- imprecation,
- ironclad oath,
- judicial oath,
- loyalty oath,
- malediction,
- naughty word,
- no-no,
- oath of allegiance,
- oath of office,
- obscenity,
- official oath,
- parole,
- pledge,
- plight,
- profane oath,
- profanity,
- promise,
- solemn declaration,
- solemn oath,
- swear,
- swearword,
- sworn statement,
- test oath,
- troth,
- vow,
- warrant,
- warranty,
- word,
- word of honor