Talk:oath

I suggest merging defs 3 & 4 of the noun --- or at least the difference should be made clearer. 79.66.229.177 12:07, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Interjection
I've seen "fucking oath!" and "bloody oath!" in Australian slang to indicate strong agreement. Equinox ◑ 00:28, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

RFD discussion: February–June 2018
Sense: "(law) An affirmation of the truth of a statement." The same as sense 1, in a legal situation. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 00:58, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per utramque cavernam (talk) 14:30, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. The entry needs other cleanup / rewording, too. - -sche (discuss) 19:35, 17 March 2018 (UTC)


 * RFD failed. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 02:59, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

oath of office?
she was bound by her oath of office Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:13, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Note re. attest
Wiktionary has only transitive senses entered under "attest," the first of which is entailed in the first sense of "oath." I'm too involved with other things to create the lacking intransitive sense for attest on that page. So, to anyone who's up to the task (e.g. ) - please have at it. Here's a link to some help (at Webster: attest): intransitive: to show, prove, or state that something is true or real — usually used with to: "I can attest to the truth of his statement; "attest to a belief". Note how Webster's label is intransitive but the definition is intransitive. The 1.1. definition at Oxford (attest) has a transitive definition under its intransitive label but the example given is rightly intransitive. --Kent Dominic (talk) 03:14, 26 February 2021 (UTC)