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covenant
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree |
| Synonyms: | bargain, concur, contract, engage, pledge, plight, promise, stipulate, swear, undertake, vow |
| Antonyms: | break, disagree |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to terms |
| Synonyms: | accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker, engage, enter into, firm a deal, give one's word, go along with, hammer out deal, initial*, ink, it's a deal, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear to, undertake, work out details |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | break off, disagree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promise to marry |
| Synonyms: | affiance, agree, betroth, bind, catch, commit, contract, covenant, give one's word, guarantee, hook, obligate, oblige, pass, pledge, tie, troth, turn on, undertake, vouch, vow |
| Antonyms: | break off, break up |
| Main Entry: | negotiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bargain, discuss |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange, bring to terms, bury the hatchet, come across with, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal, deal, debate, dicker, haggle, hammer out a deal, handle, horse trade, intercede, make a deal, make peace, make terms, manage, mediate, moderate, network, parley*, referee, settle, step in, stipulate, swap, transact, treat, umpire, work out a deal, work out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; give word of honor |
| Synonyms: | contract, covenant, engage, give word, hock, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, sign for, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow |
| Antonyms: | break, disobey, falsify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | accede, affiance, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, asservate, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, cross heart, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock, insure, live up to, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, say so, secure, stipulate, string along, subscribe, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | stipulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide on conditions |
| Synonyms: | agree, arrange, bargain, condition, contract, covenant, designate, detail, engage, guarantee, impose, insist upon, lay down, lay finger on, make, make a point, name, particularize, pin down, pledge, postulate, promise, provide, put down for, require, settle, slot, specificate, specificize, specify, spell out, state |
| Antonyms: | imply, wish |
| Main Entry: | swear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare under oath |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, attest, avow, covenant, cross one's heart, depend on, depose, give one's word, give witness, have confidence in, maintain, make an affidavit, pledge oneself, plight, promise, rely on, say so, state, state under oath, swear by, swear to God, swear up and down, take an oath, testify, trust, vouch, vow, warrant |
| Main Entry: | undertake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt, engage in |
| Synonyms: | address oneself, agree, answer for, bargain, begin, commence, commit, commit oneself, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, enter upon, fall into, go about, go for, go in for, go into, guarantee, have a hand in, have a try, hazard, initiate, launch, make a run at, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, set about, set in motion, set out, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take on, take the plunge, take upon oneself, try, try out, venture, volunteer |
| Antonyms: | abstain, forego, forget |
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