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Oath

A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.

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Commitment 76% connected

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

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Dedication 76% connected

The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedic…

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Profanity 76% connected

The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.

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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

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Curse 92% connected

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

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Expletive 92% connected

Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.

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Swearing 92% connected

of Swear

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deixis noun · 78% connection

the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communicatio…

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Illation noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Inference noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Speech act noun · 78% connection

the use of language to perform some act

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Address noun · 77% connection

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

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Agreement noun · 77% connection

the verbal act of agreeing

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Analogy noun · 77% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Asking noun · 77% connection

the verbal act of requesting

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Bid noun · 77% connection

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: solemn, affirmation, declaration, reverent, appeal.
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Adjuration noun · 78% connection

The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

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Adjure verb · 78% connection

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressiv…

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Affirm verb · 78% connection

To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

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Affirmance noun · 78% connection

A strong declaration; affirmation.

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Affirmation noun · 78% connection

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is…

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Amen interj., adv., & n. · 78% connection

An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it…

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Appeal noun · 78% connection

earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

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Assertion noun · 78% connection

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

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Asseveration noun · 78% connection

The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

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Attestation noun · 78% connection

The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The tru…

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Call noun · 78% connection

A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.

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Contradiction noun · 78% connection

An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration;…

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Declaration noun · 78% connection

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclama…

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Entreaty noun · 78% connection

earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

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Inspiration noun · 78% connection

A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or rel…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: solemn, affirmation, declaration, reverent, appeal.
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Negation adverb · 78% connection

The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or…

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Prayer noun · 78% connection

earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

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