English Dictionary

vow

/vaʊ/

noun

A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. / A declaration or assertion.

She made a vow to always be there for her best friend.

意味（1）

A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.

意味（2）

A declaration or assertion.

Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by dirty words. It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – profanity, curses, oaths and swearing itself.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A votive offering.

There are also waxen vows, that represent other parts of the body mixed with them; but of these there are few in comparison of the number of the Priapi.