sworn
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- adjective
- /swɔrn/
- Formal
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jurado
- Have you ever sworn to secrecy but then accidentally spilled the beans?
- sworn enemies
- sworn statement
- sworn affidavit
Savagery will be their only possible path as followers sworn into the Tennis Scowri.
- Savagery will be their only possible path as followers sworn into the Tennis Scowri.
- So they have me there on a sworn complaint, which means no indictment, nothing.
- And then here, just flipping now, Dave, to Nathan Wade's sworn affidavit.
- It's not our judgement that prevails, but the rule of rogue which we are sworn to follow is said by one.
Examples
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She gave her sworn statement about the incident to the police without hesitation.
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Sworn statements of those present say there was no hostile fire involved in this incident for which Kerry received his third Purple Heart and the coveted Bronze Star.
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Had I so sworn as you would have done to this.
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It's given to Congress at sworn testimony.
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So they have me there on a sworn complaint, which means no indictment, nothing.
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Priests and nuns who have not sworn allegiance to the new state are also targeted.
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Sworn testimony.
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He says this was Cohen's sworn testimony, his voice rising dramatically.
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The judge accepted the sworn testimony from the witness during the trial.
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To finalize the agreement, he signed the sworn declaration in front of a notary.
Synonyms
Having promised to do or support something and not break that promise
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sworn comes from the verb swear, which originally meant to make a serious 'promise' or to take an 'oath'. So, someone or something described as sworn is formally bound by that promise, like a 'sworn' witness who has promised to tell the truth.