Betekenis van:
oath
oath
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- eedafneming
- a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
"they took an oath of allegiance"
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
oath
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
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Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- You are under oath.
- Remember you are under oath.
- The doctor broke the Hippocratic Oath.
- Doctors take an oath not to harm anyone.
- I'd like to remind you that you're under oath.
- The knight swore an oath of allegiance to the king.
- She gave her oath that she would not drink.
- He said under oath that his birthplace is Italy.
- I remind you that you are still under oath.
- As a public official you have sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution.
- When the Father asked the bride to repeat the oath, she stayed silent.
- Some doctors are in favor of euthanasia while others believe it goes against the Hippocratic oath.
- Forty-four US Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.
- Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.
- And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.