troth
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He jokes and wheedles and begs and tells stories and pledges his troth.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019
But even if he were a corporeal being, he could never pledge his troth to another.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017
Marie Ledger detects the “sweet scent of irony in Lord Grantham falling for the parlor maid,” what with him being so harsh on Sibyl for pledging her troth to the chauffeur.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2012
There was the sticky issue of the wife, the woman to whom barely a year ago he'd pledged eternal troth.
From Time • Jun. 7, 2011
“It’s a promise—of trueness. Of loyalty. I hereby pledge my troth to serve the cause of the Pandavas.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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