[ UK /ˈə‍ʊθ/ ]
[ US /ˈoʊθ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
  2. a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
    they took an oath of allegiance
  3. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
    expletives were deleted
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How To Use oath In A Sentence

  • This initially meant they were loath to adopt a reportage style, preferring empty streets and unobscured buildings, with people represented only to provide an area of scale or as pure portraiture.
  • They're often highly prized works that people are loath to part with. Times, Sunday Times
  • They having observed where the Chest stood, and wanting a necessary mooveable to houshold, yet loath to lay out money for buying it: complotted together this very night, to steale it thence, and carry it home to their house, as accordingly they did; finding it somewhat heavy, and therefore imagining, that matter of woorth was contained therein. The Decameron
  • She was unhappy there, but loath to leave the security of a job and new friends. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sadly now the road is grid-locked most days, the factory is on the verge of closing, the picturesque view of what used to be a boathouse now appears to be a rubbish tip and no-one cares.
  • The rough-hewn boards of the boathouse were grey and weathered. THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE
  • They put this view into practice quite straightforwardly, avoided ostentatious clothing and wealth, refused to swear oaths in court, to bear arms or to defend themselves.
  • Barrow had taken an oath to study divinity when he was admitted as a fellow, and, after briefly studying medicine, he began studying divinity again.
  • That is likely to give succour to all those who loathe liberal values and democracy. Times, Sunday Times
  • I learned to type before I learned to write cursively and I loathe paper ... Boing Boing: December 22, 2002 - December 28, 2002 Archives
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