Synonyms for swearing
swear·ing

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1. swearing

   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, oath, profane swearing, profanity, reprobation, sworn statement, vow

   Antonyms:
   benediction, benison, blessing

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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, curse word, bloke, jinx, oath, 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, swearword, oath

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1. swearingnoun

   Synonyms:
   profanity, oath, blasphemy, expletive, cursing, imprecation

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1. List of paraphrases for "swearing":

   swearing-in, oath, swear, cuss, investiture, inauguration

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How to use swearing in a sentence?

1. George Washington:

   The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

2. White House:

   I've known her for many, many years -- got to see her just a few weeks ago here at the swearing-in of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   In recent times, in the face of incursions again and again by strong foes, the Chinese people have never yielded, continuing to join forces, taking up positions as those in front fall, tenaciously struggling, swearing to fight to the end.

4. L?Estrange:

   There are braying men in the world as well as braying asses; for what?s loud and senseless talking, huffing, and swearing any other than a more fashionable way of braying?

5. John McCain:

   I think the best thing to do is evaluate it on Inauguration Day, you're going to have between the election and the Jan. 20 swearing-in to evaluate whether they have adhered to it and make a judgment then. But I think it's a very bad agreement.