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Promise - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Accord, Agreement, Apocalypse, Arrangement, Aspiration, Assumption, Assurance, Augur, Augury, Auspice, Bargain

A promise is a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. A notable type of promise is an election promise.

Both an oath and an affirmation can be a promise. One special kind of promise is the vow.

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