| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement to relieve doubt |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock on, lock*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, rain or shine, security, shoo-in, support, sure thing, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
distrust, doubt |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
Synonyms: |
agreement, assurance, attestation, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, certification, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, gage, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, recognizance, security, sure thing, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Notes: | guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor |
| Main Entry: | oath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
Synonyms: |
adjuration, affidavit, affirmation, avowal, bond, contract, deposition, pledge, profession, sworn declaration, sworn statement, testimony, vow, word, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
break |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
Synonyms: |
affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
break, renege |
| Main Entry: | vow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
Synonyms: |
affiance, assertion, asseveration, oath, pledge, profession, troth, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
breach, break |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, assertion, assurance, commitment, declaration, engagement, guarantee, oath, parole, pledge, plight, solemn oath, solemn word, vow, warrant, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
breach, break |
| Main Entry: | debt of honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moral obligation to pay a debt |
Synonyms: |
solemn declaration, solemn promise, solemn word, word of honor |
| Main Entry: | word of honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solemn declaration |
Synonyms: |
assurance, commitment, faith, gentlemen's agreement, guarantee, oath, pledge, plight, promise, solemn oath, solemn promise, solemn word, swearing, troth, verbal agreement, vow, warrant, warranty |
| Main Entry: | solemn word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
Synonyms: |
affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, guaranty, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word of honor, word* |
| Concept: | Word. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional Means; Language Generally |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
word, term, vocable; name; phrase; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech (grammar); ideophone., dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, index, glossary, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, concordance., etymology, derivation; glossology, terminology, orismology; paleology (philogy)., lexicography; glossography (scholar); lexicologist, verbarian.
-adjectives
verbal, literal; titular, nominal., [Similarly derived] conjugat, paronymous; derivative.
-adverbs
verbally; verbatim (exactly).
-phrases
"the artillery of words" [Swift].
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