English-Dutch translations for vow

• eed
  De eed van trouw aan het beginsel van de volstrekte onaantastbaarheid van de monopolies werd vandaag nog eens op arrogante wijze herhaald door de voorzitter van de Europese Commissie, de heer Barroso. The vows to remain true to the principle of the full unaccountability of the monopolies were repeated in an arrogant manner today by the President of the European Commission, Mr Barroso.
• gelofte
  Ik stel u voor op deze ideale weg naar heiligheid een andere gelofte af te leggen: de gelofte van actie. On this, your ideal path of holiness, I suggest you take a different vow: a vow of action.
  Of de idee om iedereen een nieuw engagement, een nieuwe Europese gelofte te laten afleggen. Or the idea of having everyone renew their vows to Europe.
• gelofte afleggen

Definition of vow

• 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
• A votive offering
• To make a vow; to promise
• To make a vow regarding (something
• To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation

Examples

• The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence
• The wronged woman vowed revenge.
• The rebels vowed to continue their fight.

Related words

• vowel
• vowels
• disavow
• avow
• semivowel
• avowed
• avowal
• disavowal
• avowedly