Usually means: Solemn promise, often invoking deity.
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General (32 matching dictionaries)
  1. oath: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. oath: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oath: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oath: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oath: Vocabulary.com
  6. Oath, oath: Wordnik
  7. oath: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. oath: Wiktionary
  9. oath: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. oath: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. oath: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Oath, oath: Dictionary.com
  13. oath: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. oath: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Oath: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. oath: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. oath: Rhymezone
  19. oath: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. oath: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Oath: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. oath: Free Dictionary
  23. oath: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. oath: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. oath: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. oath: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. oath: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. oath: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Oath: INSOLVENCY
  9. oath: Legal dictionary
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. OATH: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. oath: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Oath: MedFriendly Glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. oath: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  3. OATH: Acronym Finder
  4. OATH: Masonic Dictionary
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. oath: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Oath: Easton Bible
  2. Oath: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. oath: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. oath: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See oathing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
noun:  A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
noun:  A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
noun:  A curse, a curse word.
verb:  (archaic) To pledge.

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