Promise

A promise is a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.

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Both an oath and an affirmation can be a promise. One special kind of promise is the vow.

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A notable type of promise is an election promise.

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Oath: An oath (from Saxon eoth) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath....

Affirmation: :For other senses of this word, see affirmation (disambiguation)....

Vow: A vow (Lat. votum, vow, promise; see vote) is a transaction between a person and their deity whereby the former undertakes in the future to render some service or gift or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. The vow is a kind of oath, with the deity being both the witness and recipie...

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