troth

This week, however, she finally pledged her troth.

Around this time four years ago, the American fashion industry did something it had never done before: It pledged its troth, publicly, and practically unanimously, to a political candidate.

“It’s a promise—of trueness. Of loyalty. I hereby pledge my troth to serve the cause of the Pandavas.”

Questionable sucking sounds coming from the public troth are a different matters, however.

He jokes and wheedles and begs and tells stories and pledges his troth.