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n. An earnest promise to perform a specified act or behave in a certain manner, especially a solemn promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order: take the vows of a nun.

n. A declaration or assertion.

v. To promise solemnly; pledge. See Synonyms at promise.

v. To make a pledge or threat to undertake: vowing revenge on their persecutors.

verb-intransitive. To make a vow; promise.

v. To declare or assert: "Well, I vow it is as fine a boy as ever was seen!” ( Henry Fielding).

n. A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

n. A declaration or assertion.

v. To make a vow.

v. To declare publicly that one made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

n. A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions.

n. Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection.

v. To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly.

v. To assert solemnly; to asseverate.

verb-intransitive. To make a vow, or solemn promise.

n. A solemn promise; an engagement solemnly entered into.

n. A promise to follow out some line of conduct, or to consecrate or devote one's self wholly or in part for a longer or shorter time to some act or service; a pledge of fidelity or constancy: as, a marriage vow.

n. A solemn asseveration or declaration; a positive assertion.

n. A votive offering; an ex-voto.

To promise solemnly; undertake, by a solemn promise, as to God or a deity, to do, perform, or give; devote.

To threaten solemnly or upon oath.

To assert or maintain solemnly; asseverate; swear.

To make vows or solemn promises; protest solemnly; asseverate; declare emphatically.

v. dedicate to a deity by a vow

v. make a vow; promise

n. a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner

"But such a vow is a foolish denial of the human journey and the spiritual work we're all required to do."

vowed    vowing    vows   

consecrate    commit    give    dedicate    devote    assurance    pledge   

monastic vows    baptismal vows   

vow of poverty    vow of chastity    votive    vote    vow of silence    devote   

devote    asseverate    promise    swear   

Bilbao    Bow    Chao    Chow    Dow    Frau    Howe    Lao    Liao    Macao   

oath    pledge    rite    obligation    covenant    prayer    devotion    observance    promise    sacrifice