sworn in
Took the oath
Sworn in describes someone who has taken an official oath to assume a position or duty.
The phrase typically applies to elected officials, judges, witnesses, or military personnel at the moment they formally pledge to fulfill their obligations: The president was sworn in at noon.
Newly sworn-in jurors took their seats.
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- take officeBegin official duties
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- witnessOne who attests
court reporter · jury duty · judge · chief justice · induction · office · testify · oath · right hand · so help me God · commissioning · minister · investiture · pledge · president · allegiance · appointment · certification
- presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- courtroom expressionsobjection, sustained, overruled, all rise, guilty
- court proceedingstrial, arraignment, verdict, hearing, testimony
- firefighter hiringapplication, interview, written exam, background check, training academy
- hearingscongressional hearing, congressional hearings, committee hearing, confirmation hearing, public hearings
sworn inunofficial
Not formally recognized
unconfirmed · unappointed · president-elect · disqualified · nominee
sworn inabsolved
Freed from guilt
discharged · renounced · forsworn · unsworn
swear, swearing, sworn, swore, swears, forswear, unsworn, forsworn, forswore