vow
vow
- n a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
they took vows of poverty - v make a vow; promise
He vowed never to drink alcohol again - v dedicate to a deity by a vow
- The plots were uniform: Lee makes a vow not to fight; people close to Lee are exploited and killed; Lee kills lots of people in retaliation; Lee turns himself in for punishment.
- According to newspaper reports, Riina has said little and maintains his vow of omert by offering few hard facts.
- Before he set off for America at the age of 25, Athanassios Konstantinides, a poor Greek farmer in Asia Minor, made a vow to a 15-year-old girl.