word(PROMISE)
Cistercian monks and nuns take a vow of silence.西多会的修士和修女们要发誓静默。
He took a vow to abstain from alcohol.
As a monk, he took vows of chastity, poverty and obedience.作为一名僧侣，他发誓禁色、安贫、顺从。
They decided to renew their wedding vows.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making & breaking promises & commitments
be on your honouridiom
bond
breach of contract
commit someone to something
commitment
committed
covenant
cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom
deliver on something
fink
fink out
oath
pact
pledge
promises, promises!idiom
promisor
promissory
repledge
restrictive covenant
sworn

vow | American Dictionary

vow
verb
us/vɑʊ/
to make a firm promise or decision to do something:
[ + (that) clause ]They vowed (that) they would never forget her kindness.
[ + to infinitive ]After my illness I vowed to exercise every day.

vow

noun[ C ]us/vɑʊ/
They exchanged marriage vows in a Manhattan courthouse.

Examples of vow

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It is no wonder that, as nationalist identities intensified in the city, ethnic identity remained important and ethnic groups vowed not to disband.
We are left to imagine just what the nature of that vow was.
For those who like the idea of writing their own wedding vows, this might be something to keep in mind.
He vows that only a "sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him" (49).
He also vowed to block a special session called by the legislature.
Even the narrator distorts the original proceedings, commenting that "when those earlier vows were made, what had she cared for prudence" (118).
The other three entered the church, and their vow of celibacy meant that they were excluded from inheritance.
Clerical immorality, the inevitable result of an unnatural vow, led to a moral decline among the laity.
He was pardoned only after officially vowing to refrain from political commentary or activity.
Physicians, unlike some clergy, are not sworn to a vow of poverty.
Their own children did not stick to their commitments and vows and had behaved in ways that went against their proclaimed moral code.
Among these, over 4,000 had vowed to live in celibacy.
Now, he assures her, she will complete his happiness if she will accept his exhortation to cross the sea in fulfilment of their former vows.
We cause your minds, vows, plans to bend (nam-masi).
Of course, we could imagine a modification to the wedding vows.
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