hereby
Through this means
Hereby is a formal word meaning "by this act" or "by means of this document," used to make statements legally or officially binding: I hereby resign from the board, The parties hereby agree to the following terms.
It appears almost exclusively in legal, ceremonial, or bureaucratic contexts, lending gravity to declarations and pronouncements.
Binding promise given
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- oathFormal binding promise
- promiseCommitment to act
- undertakingTask one commits to
guarantee · assurance · bond · word · obligation · duty · engagement · dedication
Enforceable written agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
- statuteEnacted written rule
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
covenant · charter · enactment · ratification · legislation · mandate · edict · treaty
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- assertionConfident statement of fact
attestation · certification · acknowledgment · notification · confirmation · statement · avowal · testimony
Serious, dignified quality
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- formalityStrict observance of convention
- decorumFitting social conduct
ritual · observance · officialese · legalese · stiffness · propriety · convention · tradition
pledge
Binding promise given
undertaking · guarantee · assurance · bond · word · obligation · duty · engagement · dedication · covenant
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
- statuteEnacted written rule
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
ordinance · covenant · charter · enactment · ratification · legislation · mandate · edict · treaty · compact
proclamation
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
assertion · attestation · certification · acknowledgment · notification · confirmation · statement · avowal · testimony · swearing
solemnity
Serious, dignified quality
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- formalityStrict observance of convention
decorum · ritual · observance · officialese · legalese · stiffness · propriety · convention · tradition · punctilio
- Archaismsthee, thou, thy, thine, ye
- legalesehereinafter, hereunto, thereof, therein, thereto
- archaic adverbsanon, betimes, ere, erstwhile, forsooth
- archaic Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
- formal adverbsaccordingly, consequently, furthermore, hence, however
- formal wordsthereof, wherein, whereupon, henceforth, whereas
herebyinformally
Without official protocol
unofficially · casually · colloquially · off the record · offhandedly
herebyeventually
At a later time
later · subsequently · hereafter · thereafter · provisionally
herebytheoretically
In principle, not actuality
hypothetically · provisionally · tentatively · in principle · supposedly
- sweet hereafterIdyllic life after death
hereafter, whereby, thereby, heretofore, herein, herewith, hereabouts, hereupon, hereto