verbal commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- handshakeMutual palm-gripping gesture
- pledgeBinding promise given
- oathFormal binding promise
- wordLinguistic meaning unit
agreement · trust · deal · assurance · vow · spoken · honor · binding · gentleman · swear · undertaking · nod · consent · bond · testimony · affirmation · declaration · guarantee
- informal agreementsverbal agreement, oral agreement, handshake deal, gentleman's agreement, verbal contract
- Maybesmaybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, might
formality of agreement
verbal commitmentwritten contract
Signed legal agreement
formal contract · formal agreement · contractual obligation · deed · treaty
commitment vs. non-commitment
verbal commitmentrefusal
Act of declining
rejection · declining · withdrawal · no obligation · hedging