sworn oath
Binding verbal commitment
A sworn oath is a formal pledge or promise made under solemn conditions, typically invoking a higher authority or legal consequences for breaking it.
The phrase is technically redundant—oaths are by definition sworn—but the doubling emphasizes gravity: She gave a sworn oath to tell the truth.
Common in legal and ceremonial contexts.
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- marriage vowsPledges exchanged during ceremonies
- pledgeBinding promise given
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- promiseCommitment to act
testimony · witness · tell the truth · so help me God · covenant · binding · sacred · solemn · court · Bible · hand · truth · loyalty · fealty · blood · honor · pact · knight
- criminal trialarraignment, defense attorney, courtroom, criminal trial, prosecutor
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
- oathssolemn vow, pledge of allegiance, so help me God, promise, pact
- promisesvow, pact, assurance, guarantee, verbal promise
- informal agreementsverbal agreement, oral agreement, handshake deal, gentleman's agreement, verbal contract
- chivalric virtueshonor, valor, courage, loyalty, bravery
sworn oathgentleman's agreement
Informal pact based on trust
pinky promise · empty words · hollow promise · lip service · idle talk
sworn oathperjury
Criminal courtroom dishonesty
false testimony · broken vow · false witness · false promise · bald-faced lie
sworn oathrenunciation
Formal surrender of claim
abjuration · recantation · disavowal · repudiation · oath-breaking
sworn, oath, swear, swears, swearing, swearer, swearers, swearword, oaths