Synonyms:
pledge, plight
Meaning: promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife"
Usage examples
"And his poor mother made him take the pledge on New Year's Eve.
"In this cup, which I drink on behalf of the nation, I pledge you, my people."
"What pledge?" Mr. Sterling asked the question and then added hastily: "Oh, I know, yes!
Will you pledge me your honour, if I release you upon parole, that you will navigate us thither?
That Sunday morning when you took the pledge at Nazareth Avenue Church, I took it with the others."
If the defence of Padua is the pledge for the salvation of Venice, who would hesitate to go and defend it?
"Rachel won't come here unless she can do it and keep her pledge at the same time," said Felicia, after a pause.
"I understand from Rachel's letter that the Raymond church is going to make an attempt to extend the idea of the pledge to other churches.
"Rachel says Dr. Bruce has been staying in Raymond for two Sundays and has seemed very much interested in Mr. Maxwell's pledge in the First Church."
Michel Voss had gone to his niece immediately upon his return from his walk, intending to obtain a renewed pledge from her that she would be true to her engagement.