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Swear words?
Answer for the clue "Swear words? ", 3 letters:
vow
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"solemn promise," c.1300, from Anglo-French and Old French voe (Modern French vœu ), from Latin votum "a promise to a god, solemn pledge, dedication; that which is promised; a wish, desire, longing, prayer," noun use of neuter of votus , past participle ...
Usage examples of vow.
If given the chance, she would have rejoined the Order, but for those who abjure their vows, there is never a second chance.
She replied that she was debarred from accepting any money by her vow of poverty and obedience, and that she had given up to the abbess what remained of the alms the bishop had procured her.
But you can depend on my word that you will not know it until you have written me a very long letter begging me very humbly to indicate the place where the divine letter of the adorable object of your vows has gone.
He might have made a spear out of whalebone and wood, but he remembered that his vow of ahimsa forbade him to harm any animal, even a desperate tiger, even in defence of his own blessed life.
Did the Entity truly believe that he would forsake his vow of ahimsa merely upon the threat of death?
He remembered his vow of ahimsa then, and he realized that even if he had hated the tiger, he could never have harmed such a marvellous beast.
Cassidy was reminded of all the backstage fights he had been part of, back in the days when he still had a band: then the times when he was too fucked up on drugs to go out and play, when Jaime and Amad and the session men would haul him away from the mike and into the wings, demanding to know whether he had broken his vow to stay straight for this one gig.
And hoping like hell the damn monks could keep their vow of goddamned silence and not laugh their asses off.
Thy Father, who is holy, wise, and pure, Suffers the hypocrite or atheous priest To tread his sacred courts, and minister About his altar, handling holy things, Praying or vowing, and voutsafed his voice 490 To Balaam reprobate, a prophet yet Inspired: disdain not such access to me.
Perhaps Basel had once believed this and learned that other vows lay deepest in his heart.
Mr Botham vowed that Sharon would not go through that door unless she stepped over his dead body.
I vowed months ago in this House that if it came to my attention that a consular candidate had bribed, I would personally make sure he was charged and prosecuted.
Bishop, and Sten bade leaky farewells, vowing to write, to get together once a year, and all the rest of the bushwa service people promise and never do.
To him, then, I addressed my vows, but all in vain, for his feast came round and still I was in prison.
The Bloodguard answered in the words of the ancient Haruchai Vow: -- Ha-man rual tayba-sah carab ko-eeal neeta par-raoul.