oath-taking
Swearing-in ritual act
Oath-taking is the act of formally swearing an oath, especially in ceremonial or legal contexts: The oath-taking ceremony for new citizens moved many to tears.
The term appears most often describing official proceedings—presidential inaugurations, courtroom testimony, or induction into office.
Formal beginning ceremony
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- inductionFormal admission process
installation · solemnity · Bible · Quran · podium · hand-raising · courtroom · officiant
Formal beginning ceremony
- presidentElected leader of nation
- officeProfessional work location
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
citizenship · naturalization · loyalty · flag · patriotism · elected · government · official
Binding formal pledge
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
consecration · ordination · monastic · nun · monk · marriage · baptismal · confirmation
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
affidavit · truthfulness · cross-examination · bailiff · clerk · notary · affirmation · solemn
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
induction · installation · solemnity · Bible · Quran · podium · hand-raising · courtroom · officiant · pledge
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- presidentElected leader of nation
- officeProfessional work location
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
allegiance · citizenship · naturalization · loyalty · flag · patriotism · elected · government · official · democracy
covenant
Binding formal pledge
devotion · consecration · ordination · monastic · nun · monk · marriage · baptismal · confirmation · profession
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
deposition · affidavit · truthfulness · cross-examination · bailiff · clerk · notary · affirmation · solemn · binding
Hippocratic
Of ancient medicine's founder
- physicianLicensed medical doctor
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- licensingGranting official permission
ethics · code · fiduciary · confidentiality · malpractice · medical · judicial · police · military · enlistment
- oathsswearing in, solemn vow, pledge of allegiance, so help me God, promise
- medieval justicetrial by combat, trial by ordeal, trial by fire, trial by jury, ordeal
- Medieval Ritesknighting, dubbing, homage, fealty, investiture
- courtroom oathstestimony, sworn statement, affidavit, deposition, perjury
- inductionsswearing-in, investiture, inauguration, installation, commissioning
- Germanic lawAnglo-Saxon law, law codes, blood feud, ordeal, trial by combat
oath-takingpinky promise
Interlocking digit oath
lip service · empty words · handshake deal · gentleman's agreement · hedge
oath-takingoath-breaking
Violating a sworn promise
renunciation · forswearing · abjuration · absolution · dispensation
oath-takingoath-breaking
Violating a sworn promise
perjury · perfidy · forswearing · betrayal · faithlessness