I promise
I give assurance
I promise is an emphatic assertion that what you're saying is true, often when you expect doubt: I promise I didn't touch it.
It can also reinforce a commitment: I'll be there, I promise.
The phrase functions as a verbal guarantee, staking your reliability on the statement.
Sometimes used lightly for minor assurances: It's not as bad as it sounds, I promise.
- I swearEmphatic truth assertion
- swearVow or use profanity
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- pledgeBinding promise given
- my wordMild interjection of surprise
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- intentionsgoals, aims, I will, purposes, I want
- pledgesvow, wedding vows, I vow, oath, I swear
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- I statementsI am, I feel, I think, I believe, I want
- New Year's resolutionsI pledge, fresh start, clean slate, new chapter, starting over
I promiselip service
Insincere expression of agreement
empty promise · empty words · hollow promise · broken promise
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