vowing
Swearing to do
Vowing is making a solemn promise or pledge.
The word carries more weight than simply promising—vows imply deep commitment and often formal or sacred contexts: vowing to love and honor, vowing revenge, vowing never to return.
Someone vowing something stakes their integrity on following through.
Profane speech or vows
- pledgeBinding promise given
- promiseCommitment to act
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- declarationFormal public announcement
covenant · testament · avowal · professing · solemn · binding · sacred · formal
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
steadfastness · constancy · allegiance · bond · attachment · sincerity · integrity · honor
Marriage rite and feast
- nuptialsVows and rings
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- altarSacred ritual table
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
exchange · bride · groom · officiant · chapel · procession · betrothal · rings
Formally rejecting or abandoning
- abstainingVoluntarily doing without
- renouncingFormally abandoning a claim
- abjuringFormally renouncing a belief
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
sacrifice · temperance · celibacy · fasting · lent · abstinence · self-denial · penance
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- avengerRetribution dealer
nemesis · grudge · vengeance · reckoning · feud · score-settling · wrath · justice
swearing
Profane speech or vows
- pledgeBinding promise given
- promiseCommitment to act
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
declaration · covenant · testament · avowal · professing · solemn · binding · sacred · formal · witness
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
fidelity · steadfastness · constancy · allegiance · bond · attachment · sincerity · integrity · honor · responsibility
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
aisle · exchange · bride · groom · officiant · chapel · procession · betrothal · rings · reception
forswearing
Formally rejecting or abandoning
- abstainingVoluntarily doing without
- renouncingFormally abandoning a claim
- abjuringFormally renouncing a belief
relinquishing · sacrifice · temperance · celibacy · fasting · lent · abstinence · self-denial · penance · asceticism
vendetta
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
avenger · nemesis · grudge · vengeance · reckoning · feud · score-settling · wrath · justice
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- reassuring actionscomforting, calming, soothing, reassuring, consoling
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, pronouncement, locution
vowingrefusing
Declining to accept
reneging · declining · backing out · wavering · hedging
vowingdisavowing
Refusing to claim
renouncing · repudiating · abjuring · forswearing · recanting