Oath
[əʊθ] or [oθ]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; 'they took an oath of allegiance'.
Typist: Montague--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
(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.
(n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.
(n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.
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Definition
n. a solemn statement with an appeal to God as witness and a calling for punishment from Him in case of falsehood or of failure also the form of words in which such is made—oath of abjuration allegiance &c.: an irreverent use of God's name in conversation or in any way: any merely exclamatory imprecation &c.:—pl. Oaths (ōthz).—adj. Oath′able (Shak.) capable of having an oath administered to.—n. Oath′-break′ing (Shak.) the violation of an oath perjury.—Upon one's oath sworn to speak the truth.
Editor: Thea
Unserious Contents or Definition
Whenever you take an oath in your dreams, prepare for dissension and altercations on waking.
Editor: Nicolas
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. In law a solemn appeal to the Deity made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.
Typed by Claus
Unserious Contents or Definition
A form of speech that has many trials in court, but is never tried in Sunday School.
Checked by Jessie
Examples
- I swear it--and the oath shall be kept. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Now, said a suppressed voice with an oath, I've got you! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Sir Percival looked up with a frown and an oath. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Now, Thquire, I can take my oath, from my knowledge of that dog, that that man wath dead—and buried—afore that dog come back to me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- So long as you goes now, said he, folding his arms and shutting his eyes with an oath, you may do wot you like! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Royal Personage declared with an oath that she was perfection, and engaged her again and again in conversation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was 'agin 'em both,' he said with an oath, and for why? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I will take my oath he never dropt a syllable of being tired of her, or of wishing to marry Miss Morton, or any thing like it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- From that moment, Emma could have taken her oath that Mr. Knightley had had no concern in giving the instrument. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I am ready to take my oath of this. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I violate no oath (you shall hear why presently) in making my confidence complete by telling you the name of the society to which I belong. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And that's what you may tell her, he concluded with an oath; and that's what I will stick to to the last day of my life. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And these vile people reply, without a shadow of proof to justify them, He has his reasons for concealment; we decline to believe him on his oath. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He sank back in his seat with an oath, and striking out of the ring, dashed away desperately homewards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Louder yet, Vengeance, with a little oath or so added, and yet it will hardly bring her. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He swore ominous oaths over the drugged beer of alehouses, and drank strange toasts in fiery British gin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The party of horsemen came up to the fence, and, with mingled shouts and oaths, were dismounting, to prepare to follow them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Besides, such hollow oaths would have been vain as void. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The former Protector tendered him the oaths, and presented him with the insignia of office, performing the ceremonies of installation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Neither will he ever break faith where there have been oaths or agreements? Plato. The Republic.
- I'm Cap'n here, though, I'll have you to understand, you swab, shrieked Snipes, with a volley of frightful oaths. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Fortifying himself with this assurance, Sikes drained the glass to the bottom, and then, with many grumbling oaths, called for his physic. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I have sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oaths, as from soldiers to their general, had been taken by them: these they broke. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We believed in the oaths and promises of princes whom we suffered to remain upon their thrones. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The gardener, on approaching him, had been hunted out, with oaths and threats, to get the horse and chaise ready instantly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With a caution, backed by many oaths, to make no more efforts to go out that night, Sikes left her to recover at leisure and rejoined Fagin. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Their oaths I hear at this moment: they shook my philosophy more than did the night, or the isolation, or the strangeness of the scene. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I ask you again,' thundered the doctor, 'are you, on your solemn oaths, able to identify that boy? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Editor: Vito