📚 Oath, noun. 🔉 /əʊθ/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: A solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behaviour. ❗️ Examples: 1. They took an oath of allegiance to the king. 2. From early days the taking of solemn religious oaths was regarded as an essential part of the political and social order. 3. For a few moments the couple find themselves in church or in the registry office watched by their closest family and friends, publicly swearing what amounts to a solemn oath of allegiance to each other. 4. Each individual undergoing treatment takes a solemn oath to change their behavior. 5. The Gods witness oaths, and will take note of how the oath-taker regards that oath. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic