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A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.

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oath

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/ˈəʊθ/

Noun

A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.

Japanese Meaning

厳粛な誓約。神や君主などにかけて、その発言の真実性や契約・約束の履行を保証するための誓い。 / 宣誓。公的な場面での正式な誓い。

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Facing the nation, the president took an oath to protect the constitution and defend the rights of every citizen.

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国民に向かって、大統領は憲法を守りすべての市民の権利を擁護することを誓った。

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A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.

take an oath

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A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.

After taking the oath of office, she became the country's forty-third premier.

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Sense（3）

A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.

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A curse, a curse word.

The farther from the Senator's office, the darker and older the furniture, the freer fly four-letter oaths, the higher the heaps of unfiled and unattended papers culminating in a frenzy of pulp in the press section […]

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