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SWEARING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjuryplay

Synonyms:

oath; swearing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("swearing" is a kind of...):

commitment; dedication (a message that makes a pledge)

Derivation:

swear (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)

swear (make a deposition; declare under oath)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or angerplay

Example:

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Synonyms:

curse; curse word; cuss; expletive; oath; swearing; swearword

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("swearing" is a kind of...):

profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action)

Derivation:

swear (utter obscenities or profanities)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb swear

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 Context examples: 

“I’ll have you know that I do the swearing on this ship. If I need your assistance, I’ll call you in.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Later, he remembered that there were other men, many men, who had mastered it; and he breathed a great oath, passionately, under his breath, swearing that his brain could do what theirs had done.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I had no occasion of bribing, flattering, or pimping, to procure the favour of any great man, or of his minion; I wanted no fence against fraud or oppression: here was neither physician to destroy my body, nor lawyer to ruin my fortune; no informer to watch my words and actions, or forge accusations against me for hire: here were no gibers, censurers, backbiters, pickpockets, highwaymen, housebreakers, attorneys, bawds, buffoons, gamesters, politicians, wits, splenetics, tedious talkers, controvertists, ravishers, murderers, robbers, virtuosos; no leaders, or followers, of party and faction; no encouragers to vice, by seducement or examples; no dungeon, axes, gibbets, whipping-posts, or pillories; no cheating shopkeepers or mechanics; no pride, vanity, or affectation; no fops, bullies, drunkards, strolling whores, or poxes; no ranting, lewd, expensive wives; no stupid, proud pedants; no importunate, overbearing, quarrelsome, noisy, roaring, empty, conceited, swearing companions; no scoundrels raised from the dust upon the merit of their vices, or nobility thrown into it on account of their virtues; no lords, fiddlers, judges, or dancing-masters.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)




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