covenant
An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
Other meanings
A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties (often one that is religious or religiously-based).
Synonyms
- compact
Word history
From Latin "conveniens" (conveniēns, convenientem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “covenant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.