commitment vows
Wedding ceremony declarations
Commitment vows are promises exchanged between partners formalizing their relationship, typically in ceremonies that don't constitute legal marriage.
The term arose alongside commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples before marriage equality, though it now applies to any couple choosing ritual over legal union: They wrote their own commitment vows.
The phrase emphasizes the pledges themselves rather than the ceremony.
- I doMarriage consent phrase
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- promiseCommitment to act
- til death do us partMarriage oath of permanence
ceremony · holy matrimony · covenant · oath · blood oath · sworn statement · responsibility · consecration · declaration · marriage · true love · loyalty · pledge · pinky promise · exchange · troth · ordination · bond
commitment vowsdivorce decree
Court document ending marriage
annulment · renunciation · no-strings-attached · dispensation · escape clause
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Romantic relationship's termination
divorce decree · separation · divorce · abandonment · rejection
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betrayal · infidelity · empty words · false promises · oath-breaking
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