Synonyms of the word covenant


COVENANTAGREEMENT - COMPACT - CONCORDAT - PLEDGE - PLIGHT - UNDERSTANDING

covenant

  • n. (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
  • n. (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
  • n. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
  • n. An incidental clause in an agreement.
  • v. to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
  • v. (law) To enter a formal agreement.
  • v. (law) To bind oneself in contract.
  • v. (law) To make a stipulation.

agreement

  • n. (countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
  • n. (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting…
  • n. (uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
  • n. (uncountable, linguistics) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be…
  • n. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.

compact

  • n. An agreement or contract.
  • adj. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
  • adj. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
  • adj. (mathematics, not comparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
  • adj. (topology, not comparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
  • adj. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
  • adj. (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
  • adj. (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
  • n. A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's…
  • n. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
  • v. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
  • v. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

concordat

  • n. A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement…

pledge

  • v. To make a solemn promise (to do something).
  • v. To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
  • v. (transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
  • n. A solemn promise to do something.
  • n. Something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept…
  • n. A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
  • n. A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
  • n. A drinking toast.
  • n. (with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.

plight

  • n. A dire or unfortunate situation.
  • n. (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
  • n. (obsolete) Good health.
  • n. (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
  • n. (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
  • n. (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
  • n. (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
  • n. (archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
  • v. (transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
  • v. (reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
  • v. (obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
  • n. (obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

understanding

  • n. (uncountable) Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is…
  • n. (countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
  • n. (countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook.
  • n. (countable) An informal contract; mutual agreement.
  • n. (countable) A reconciliation of differences.
  • n. (uncountable) Sympathy.
  • n. All that people individually sense and feel of themselves.
  • adj. Showing compassion.
  • v. present participle of understand.

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