pledging
Making a commitment
Pledging is the act of making a formal commitment or promise.
Students pledge allegiance; donors pledge money to causes.
In fraternities and sororities, pledging is the trial period before full membership, when new recruits undergo initiation: Pledging was the most exhausting semester of my college life.
To pledge assets is to offer them as security for a loan.
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- covenantBinding formal pledge
obligation · assurance · guarantee · undertaking · responsibility · devotion · fidelity · sincerity
Store lending against collateral
- securityProtection from threat
- assetItem of value owned
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- suretyBacker of obligation
mortgage · guarantee · property · deposit · lien · valuables · heirloom · repayment
Spirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- hazingAbusive initiation practices
- inductionFormal admission process
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
ritual · probation · rush · brotherhood · sisterhood · neophyte · candidate · membership
Cloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- nationSovereign political entity
loyalty · unity · solidarity · devotion · homeland · republic · democracy · constitution
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
covenant · obligation · assurance · guarantee · undertaking · responsibility · devotion · fidelity · sincerity · word
pawnshop
Store lending against collateral
surety · mortgage · guarantee · property · deposit · lien · valuables · heirloom · repayment · borrowing
fraternity
Spirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- hazingAbusive initiation practices
- inductionFormal admission process
ceremony · ritual · probation · rush · brotherhood · sisterhood · neophyte · candidate · membership · chapter
flag
Cloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- citizenshipStatus as state member
nation · loyalty · unity · solidarity · devotion · homeland · republic · democracy · constitution · civic
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- fundraiserEvent collecting money
- contributionSomething given to help
- telethonExtended charity broadcast
sponsor · campaign · matching · annual · drive · donor · radiothon · recurring · amount · goal
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- trainingtraining, basic training, training session, employee training, apprenticeships
- Volunteeringvolunteer, volunteering, volunteer hours, unpaid work, volunteer coordinators
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
pledgingreneging
Failing to keep commitments
breaking · defaulting · withdrawing · retracting · refusing
pledgingrenouncing
Formally abandoning a claim
betraying · defecting · forsaking · disavowing · abandoning
pledgingreclaiming
Taking possession again
withholding · retaining · redeeming · releasing · freeing