Synonyms for oath
oʊθoath

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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. Plato:

   There is no such thing as a lover's oath.

2. Deniz Baykal:

   If she sees fit, she should come and read the text of the oath exactly, or the oath is not valid.

3. Aeschylus:

   It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

4. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one case as in the other. If a man lies under oath or procures the lie of another under oath, if he perjures himself or suborns perjury, he is guilty under the statute law.

5. T. Lehrer:

   Disclaimer If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it.