Collocations for oath - noun
1. formal promise
ADJECTIVE
sacred,
solemn
blood
Hippocratic
a doctor's Hippocratic oath
blood
Hippocratic
a doctor's Hippocratic oath
presidential
loyalty (esp. AmE)
loyalty (esp. AmE)
VERB + oath
swear,
take
He took an oath of allegiance to his adopted country.
He took an oath of allegiance to his adopted country.
sign
break, violate
keep, uphold
break, violate
keep, uphold
2. in a court of law
PREPOSITION
on oath (esp. BrE),
under oath
He swore on oath that he had never seen me before.
Witnesses must testify under oath.
He swore on oath that he had never seen me before.
Witnesses must testify under oath.