wedding vows

Altar commitment words

Wedding vows are the promises exchanged between partners during a marriage ceremony.

Traditional vows include pledges to love, honor, and cherish in sickness and in health, till death do us part.

Many couples now write their own vows, personalizing the commitments they make to each other.

The exchange of vows is the central ritual that formalizes the marriage.

Opposites
commitment status

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Court document ending marriage

annulment · separation agreement · divorce proceedings · divorce papers · decree absolute

relationship trajectory

wedding vowsdivorce

Legal end of matrimony

breakup · separation · abandonment · desertion · infidelity

speech act type

wedding vowsbroken promises

lies · empty promises · retraction

Family

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