blood pact
Binding sanguine promise
A blood pact is a solemn agreement sealed by the participants mixing or exchanging blood, typically through small cuts.
The ritual symbolizes unbreakable commitment—the mingling of blood representing a bond as deep as kinship.
Blood pacts appear in folklore, fiction, and actual practice among friends or allies seeking to formalize loyalty: They made a blood pact never to reveal the secret.
The term also describes any agreement with grave consequences for betrayal.
- oathFormal binding promise
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- swornBound by formal promise
- sworn enemyVowed lifelong adversary
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- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
- oathsoath taking, swearing in, oath ceremony, sworn oath, oath of honor
- Demonsdemons, demon, devils, devil, fiends
blood pacthandshake deal
Unwritten mutual commitment
gentleman's agreement · verbal agreement · empty promise · pinky promise · tacit agreement
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