love honor cherish
Matrimonial promise trio
Love, honor, and cherish is the traditional triad of wedding vows, promising emotional devotion, respect, and tender care to a spouse.
The phrase appears in marriage ceremonies and resonates as shorthand for marital commitment: Do you promise to love, honor, and cherish?
Outside weddings, it describes devoted care for anything precious: She loved, honored, and cherished that old family recipe.
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- adoreLove intensely
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- respectRegard with honor
- wedding vowsSpoken marriage commitments
vow · wedding · holy matrimony · commitment · till death · lawfully wedded · reverence · loyalty · bride · eternal · faithful · promise · heart · heart and soul · sacred · holding hands · protect · tender
love honor cherishabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
desertion · forsaking · breaking vows · one-night stand · noncommittal
love honor cherishmistreat
To harm or neglect
abuse · neglect · dishonor · disrespect · domestic violence
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