Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 24 compound words that contain oath. The most common are listed below. Open oath in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- under oathHaving sworn or affirmed in a legally binding way to tell the truth.
- oath of officeAn oath taken before officially taking office.
- oath of allegianceAn oath whereby a subject or citizen acknowledges a duty of allegiance and swears loyalty to a monarch or a country.
- Hippocratic oathAn oath sworn by newly-qualified physicians that they will observe the medical ethics that derived from Hippocrates.
- minced oathA type of euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression; a polite version of an expletive.
- Tennis Court OathAn oath taken on 20 June 1789 by the members of the French Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the …
- Oath of AbjurationAn oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite Pretender.
- oath-brotherOne of two (or more) men who have sworn an oath together.
- oath-helpingTestimony introduced for the purpose of bolstering the credibility of a witness and their testimony, rather than proving or disproving a fact in issue; it is often inadmissible.
- oath-helperOne brought into court to swear to the truth and testify on oath on behalf of the accused, to clear them from suspicion of crime.
- oath-ringA ring (particularly an arm ring) on which oaths are sworn.
- take oathTo swear an oath.
- bloody oathMost certainly; you bet; used to intensify an affirmative response.
- ring-oathAn oath sworn upon a finger ring.
- weapon oathA solemn oath sworn upon a weapon, such as practised in ancient Norse tradition.
- oath-brothersplural of oath-brother: One of two (or more) men who have sworn an oath together.
- oath-ringsplural of oath-ring: A ring (particularly an arm ring) on which oaths are sworn.
- taken oathpast participle of take oath: To swear an oath.
- takes oaththird-person singular simple present indicative of take oath: To swear an oath.
- taking oathpresent participle and gerund of take oath
- took oathsimple past of take oath
- bodily oathSynonym of corporal oath: An oath (vow) that is not merely spoken, but accompanied by a symbolic act such as kissing a holy book.
- oath-helpersplural of oath-helper: One brought into court to swear to the truth and testify on oath on behalf of the accused, to clear them from suspicion of crime.
- corporal oathAn oath (vow) that is not merely spoken, but accompanied by a symbolic act such as kissing a holy book.
- my bloody oathAlternative form of bloody oath: Most certainly; you bet; used to intensify an affirmative response.
Compound words 24
- oathbreachBreach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
- oathtakingThe taking of an oath, or vow.
- oathletA minced oath.
- oathsexSynonym of The Bang That Was Promised.
- oathbreakerSomeone who breaks an oath; a perjurer.
- oathfulInclined to swear oaths, or curse.
- counteroathAn oath opposing or responding to another oath.
- oathboundBound by an oath.
- oathbreakingThe violation of an oath; perjury.
- oathlessWithout an oath or oaths.