Synonyms for oath
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1. oath

   In the highest sense, as in a court of justice, "an oath is a reverent appeal to God in corroboration of what one says," Abbott Law Dict.; an affidavit is a sworn statement made in writing in the presence of a competent officer; an adjuration is a solemn appeal to a person in the name of God to speak the truth. An oath is made to man in the name of God; a vow, to God without the intervention, often without the knowledge, of man. In the lower sense, an oath may be mere blasphemy or profane swearing. Anathema, curse, execration, and imprecation are modes of invoking vengeance or retribution from a superhuman power upon the person against whom they are uttered. Anathema is a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a person or of a proposition. Curse may be just and authoritative; as, the curse of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: "so the curse causeless shall not come," Prov. xxvi, 2. Execration expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; imprecation refers especially to the coming of the desired evil upon the person against whom it is uttered. Malediction is a general wish of evil, a less usual but very expressive word. Compare TESTIMONY.

   Synonyms:
   adjuration, affidavit, anathema, ban, blaspheming, blasphemy, curse, cursing, denunciation, execration, imprecation, malediction, profane swearing, profanity, reprobation, swearing, sworn statement, vow

   Antonyms:
   benediction, benison, blessing

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 4 votes

1. curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cussnoun

   profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

   "expletives were deleted"

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, whammy, feller, scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, bloke, jinx, fella, lad, blighter, pest, fellow, gent, execration, gadfly, cuss, chap, curse, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment

2. oath, swearingnoun

   a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

   Synonyms:
   curse word, curse, cuss, expletive, swearing, swearword

3. oathnoun

   a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior

   "they took an oath of allegiance"

   Synonyms:
   curse word, curse, cuss, expletive, swearing, swearword

Matched Categories

1. • Commitment
   • Profanity
   • Promise

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1. oathnoun

   Synonyms:
   adjuration, pledge, sworn promise, curse, profanity, swearing, expletive, blasphemy

   Associated words:
   juratory, profane, imprecate

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1. List of paraphrases for "oath":

   unbreakable, oaths, swearing-in, vow, swearing, pledge, vows, right-wing, liamine, rightist, sworn, swear

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1. Omar Jadwat:

   What President Donald Trump has suggested here is both illegal and unconstitutional. Any official who has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws should disavow it unequivocally.

2. From:

   ALEX REIGER: Louie, when you walk into that hearing room, you're going to be under oath. You know what that means? LOUIE DE PALMA: Yeah. It means they gotta believe you. I love this country.

3. Ben Sasse:

   Based on what I've read in their filings, when President Donald Trump campaign lawyers have stood before courts under oath, they have repeatedly refused to actually allege grand fraud -- because there are legal consequences for lying to judges, president Donald Trump lost Michigan by more than 100,000 votes, and the campaign and its allies have lost in or withdrawn from all five lawsuits in Michigan for being unable to produce any evidence.

4. Jen Psaki:

   President Biden has, of course, spoken repeatedly about how the former president abused his office, undermined the Constitution and ignored his oath to the American people in an effort to amass more power for himself and his allies, he sees Jan. 6 as a tragic culmination of what those four years under President Trump did to our country.

5. Gloria Allred:

   We are looking forward to Mr. Cosby answering questions under oath at his deposition, it's a very big victory.