Usually means: Solemn promise, often invoking deity.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. oath: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oath: Merriam-Webster
  3. oath: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. oath: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. oath: Collins English Dictionary
  6. oath: Vocabulary.com
  7. Oath, oath: Wordnik
  8. oath: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. oath: Wiktionary
  10. oath: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. oath: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. oath: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Oath, oath: Dictionary.com
  14. oath: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. oath: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Oath: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. oath: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. oath: Rhymezone
  20. oath: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. oath: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Oath: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. oath: FreeDictionary.org
  24. oath: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. oath: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. oath: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. oath: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. oath: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. oath: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  9. Oath: INSOLVENCY
  10. oath: Legal dictionary
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. oath: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Oath: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. 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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