sworn
Given or declared under oath.
Example
“His sworn statement convinced the judge.”
Other meanings
Bound as though by an oath.
“I'm sworn to secrecy.”
Ardent, devout.
“a sworn foe”
Synonyms
- pledged
Related words
- nonsworn
- unsworn
- sworn broker
- sworn virgin
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sworen".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sworn” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; 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.