Definitions for oath

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oath oath

Spelling: [ohth]

IPA: /oʊθ/

Oath is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in oath (ahot).

Definitions for oath

noun

1. a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
2. a statement or promise strengthened by such an appeal.
3. a formally affirmed statement or promise accepted as an equivalent of an appeal to a deity or to a revered person or thing; affirmation.
4. the form of words in which such a statement or promise is made.
5. an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God or anything sacred.
6. any profane expression; curse; swearword:

Idioms

1. take an oath, to swear solemnly; vow.

Origin of oath

before 900; Middle English ooth, Old English āth; cognate with German Eid

Examples for oath

President Cleveland held an umbrella over his head as he took the oath.

To respect an oath is a duty which the individual owes to society.

With an oath he turned on his heel and made for the uplands.

“The government cannot compel a nonbeliever to take an oath that affirms the existence of a supreme being,” Miller added.

The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant.

When our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”

This oath Keeper was there for the protest, which had yet to materialize, and had a few friends joining him, he told me.

Chief Justice John Marshall administered the oath of office.

But given their anti-government rhetoric, the oath Keepers' presence could inflame tensions further.

The oath, according to the King James Bible, requires one to “do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.”