Promissory: alternatives and connections

That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

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…

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional…

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

An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under…

Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; --…

To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.

Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional pr…

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

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding…

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe.

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…

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction o…

Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.

Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.

Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemin…