different between vow vs affirmation

English

Etymology

From Middle English vowe, voue, that from Old French vut, in turn from Latin v?tum (“a promise, dedication, vow”), from vov?re (“to promise, vow”). Doublet of vote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

vow (plural vows)

1. A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

2. A declaration or assertion.
3. (obsolete) A votive offering.
   • 1786, Richard Payne Knight, The Worship of Priapus:

     There are also waxen vows, that represent other parts of the body mixed with them; but of these there are few in comparison of the number of the Priapi.

Usage notes

• One normally makes or takes a vow, or simply vows (see below).
• Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence, obedience, poverty, chastity, and celibacy.
• 'to keep/pay/fulfill a vow' = to honor a vow
• 'to break a vow' = to dishonor a vow

Translations

Verb

vow (third-person singular simple present vows, present participle vowing, simple past and past participle vowed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a vow; to promise.

   • When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.

   • 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

     We do not vow that we will never sin, nor neglect a duty (nor ought we to do so).

2. (transitive) To make a vow regarding (something).

   The wronged woman vowed revenge.

3. To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

   The rebels vowed to continue their fight.

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Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• vow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vow in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vow at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• WOV, WVO

English

Etymology

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æf??me??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)

1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
2. (law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

Synonyms

• assertion

Derived terms

• self-affirmation

Translations

See also

• affirmation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer)

1. affirmation

Declension

Further reading

• “affirmation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi?.ma.sj??/

Noun

affirmation f (plural affirmations)

1. affirmation

Further reading

• “affirmation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).