Definition of oath

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Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing..

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Nausea :: Nausea (n.) Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing..
Unswear :: Unswear (v. i.) To recall an oath.
Glut :: Glut (n.) Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market..
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations..
Abhor :: Abhor (v. t.) To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath..
Ugsome :: Ugsome (a.) Ugly; offensive; loathsome.
Loathful :: Loathful (a.) Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise..
Anorexy :: Anorexy (n.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food..
Suppletories :: Suppletory (a.) Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath..
Jingo :: Jingo (n.) A word used as a jocular oath.
Swown :: 'Swounds (interj.) An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
Faithful :: Faithful (a.) Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements..
Halidom :: Halidom (n.) Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
Conjuror :: Conjuror (n.) One bound by a common oath with others.
Nonjuror :: Nonjuror (n.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite..
Scunner :: Scunner (v. i.) To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance..
Oath :: Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed..
Administration :: Administration (n.) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament..
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