 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
oath
noun
1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
"expletives were deleted" [syn: {curse}, {curse word}, {expletive},
{swearing}, {swearword}, {cuss}]
2: a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of
law); to lie under oath is to become subject to
prosecution for perjury [syn: {swearing}]
3: a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness,
regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath
of allegience"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Oath \Oath\ ([=o]th), noun; pl. {Oaths} ([=o][th]z). [OE. othe,
oth, ath, AS. [=a][eth]; akin to D. eed, OS. [=e][eth], G.
eid, Icel. ei[eth]r, Sw. ed, Dan. eed, Goth. ai[thorn]s; cf.
OIr. oeth.]
1. A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent
appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. ''I have
an oath in heaven'' --Shak.
An oath of secrecy for the concealing of those
[inventions] which we think fit to keep secret.
--Bacon.
2. A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or
one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the
blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.
3. (Law) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a
superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party
making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the
statement be false.
4. A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine
Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or
as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of
profane swearing. ''A terrible oath'' --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "oath":
Bible oath, assurance, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, curse,
cuss, cuss word, dirty name, dirty word, dysphemism, epithet,
expletive, extrajudicial oath, faith, foul invective, guarantee,
guaranty, imprecation, ironclad oath, judicial oath, loyalty oath,
malediction, naughty word, no-no, oath of allegiance,
oath of office, obscenity, official oath, parole, pledge, plight,
profane oath, profanity, promise, solemn declaration, solemn oath,
swear, swearword, sworn statement, test oath, troth, vow, warrant,
warranty, word, word of honor
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
OATH
Object-oriented Abstract Type Hierarchy, a class library for
C++ from {Texas Instruments}.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
OATH, noun In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the
conscience by a penalty for perjury.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Oath
a solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions (Deut.
6:13; Jer. 4:2), in various forms (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:5; Ruth
1:17; Hos. 4:15; Rom. 1:9), and taken in different ways (Gen.
14:22; 24:2; 2 Chr. 6:22). God is represented as taking an oath
(Heb. 6:16-18), so also Christ (Matt. 26:64), and Paul (Rom.
9:1; Gal. 1:20; Phil. 1:8). The precept, "Swear not at all,"
refers probably to ordinary conversation between man and man
(Matt. 5:34,37). But if the words are taken as referring to
oaths, then their intention may have been to show "that the
proper state of Christians is to require no oaths; that when
evil is expelled from among them every yea and nay will be as
decisive as an oath, every promise as binding as a vow."
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