vow

pledge

Binding promise given

• oathFormal binding promise
• swearVow or use profanity
• wordLinguistic meaning unit

guarantee · assurance · undertaking · covenant · declaration · affirmation · bond · troth · plight · warrant

dedication

Wholehearted loyalty to purpose

• allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
• faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
• constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time

steadfastness · devotion · fidelity · loyalty · bond · obligation · responsibility · duty · compact · troth

consecrate

Make sacred officially

• holyDedicated to the divine
• sanctifyMake officially holy
• sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace

solemn · piety · reverence · divine · blessed · hallowed · invocation · spiritual · monastic · religious

abstinence

Voluntary forgoing of indulgences

• silenceTotal lack of sound
• fastingDeliberate food avoidance
• celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations

poverty · austerity · self-denial · sacrifice · asceticism · temperance · chastity · mortification · renounce · forswear

wedding

Marriage rite and feast

• matrimonyLegal union of spouses
• nuptialsVows and rings
• altarSacred ritual table

union · marriage · ritual · betrothal · rings · celebrant · chapel · aisle · bride · groom

declare

State officially

• proclaimDeclare officially and openly
• professDeclare openly, claim belief
• affirmDeclare to be true

announce · utter · express · state · pronounce · recite · intone · speak · attest · voice

• V-wordsvacuum, valley, value, vampire, van
• formal actswedding, baptism, coronation, inauguration, oath
• formal statementsdeclaration, statement, assertion, affirmation, attestation
• Honor Valuesloyalty, courage, integrity, respect, sacrifice
• oathsoath taking, swearing in, oath ceremony, sworn oath, oath of honor
• promisespact, assurance, guarantee, sworn oath, verbal promise