earnest declaration

earnest declaration
index assurance, surety (certainty)

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  • surety — sure·ty / shu̇r ə tē/ n pl ties [Anglo French seurté, literally, guarantee, security, from Old French, from Latin securitat securitas, from securus secure] 1: a formal engagement (as a pledge) given for the fulfillment of an undertaking 2: one… …   Law dictionary

  • vow — vower, n. vowless, adj. /vow/, n. 1. a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy. 2. a solemn promise made to a deity or saint committing oneself to an act, service, or condition. 3. a solemn or earnest… …   Universalium

  • vow — /vaʊ / (say vow) noun 1. a solemn promise, pledge, or personal engagement: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy. 2. a solemn or earnest declaration. 3. a solemn, religiously binding promise made to God or to any deity or saint, as to perform some act …  

  • protest — protestable, adj. protester, protestor, n. protestingly, adv. protestive, adj. n. /proh test/; v. /preuh test , proh test/, n. 1. an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is… …   Universalium

  • assurance — as·sur·ance n 1 a: the act of assuring b: guarantee (3) 2: the act of conveying real property; also: the document by which it is conveyed 3 chiefly Brit …   Law dictionary

  • protestation — /prot euh stay sheuhn, proh teuh , te /, n. 1. the act of protesting or affirming. 2. a solemn or earnest declaration or affirmation. 3. formal expression or declaration of objection, dissent, or disapproval; protest. [1300 50; ME protestacio(u)n …   Universalium

  • protest — pro•test n. [[t]ˈproʊ tɛst[/t]] v. [[t]prəˈtɛst, ˈproʊ tɛst[/t]] n. Also 1) an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid 2) law a formal statement… …   From formal English to slang

  • protestation — prot•es•ta•tion [[t]ˌprɒt əˈsteɪ ʃən, ˌproʊ tə , tɛ [/t]] n. 1) the act of protesting or affirming 2) a solemn or earnest declaration or affirmation 3) formal expression or declaration of objection, dissent, or disapproval; protest …   From formal English to slang

  • vow — [[t]vaʊ[/t]] n. 1) a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy[/ex] 2) rel a solemn promise made to a deity or saint committing oneself to an act, service, or condition 3) a solemn or earnest declaration 4)… …   From formal English to slang

  • United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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