troth
noun
1 troth
A mutual promise to marry.
synonyms: betrothal, engagement.
Roget 484:
belief;
credence;
credit;
assurance;
faith,
trust,
troth,
confidence,
presumption,
sanguine expectation
etc.
(hope)
858;
dependence on,
reliance on.
persuasion,
conviction,
convincement†,
plerophory†,
self-conviction;
certainty
etc.
474;
opinion,
mind,
view;
conception,
thinking;
impression
etc.
(idea)
453;
surmise
etc.
514;
conclusion
etc.
(judgment)
480.
tenet,
dogma,
principle,
way of thinking;
popular belief
etc.
(assent)
488.
firm belief,
implicit belief,
settled belief,
fixed rooted deep-rooted belief,
staunch belief,
unshaken belief,
steadfast belief,
inveterate belief,
calm belief,
sober belief,
dispassionate belief,
impartial belief,
well-founded belief,
firm opinion,
implicit opinion,
settled opinion,
fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion,
staunch opinion,
unshaken opinion,
steadfast opinion,
inveterate opinion,
calm opinion,
sober opinion,
dispassionate opinion,
impartial opinion,
well-founded opinion
&c.;
uberrima fides [Lat.].
system of opinions,
school,
doctrine,
articles,
canons;
article of faith,
declaration of faith,
profession of faith;
tenets,
credenda†,
creed;
thirty-nine articles
etc.
(orthodoxy)
983.1;
catechism;
assent
etc.
488;
propaganda
etc.
(teaching)
537.
credibility
etc.
(probability)
472.
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Roget 768:
promise,
undertaking,
word,
troth,
plight,
pledge,
parole,
word of honor,
vow;
oath
etc.
(affirmation)
535;
profession,
assurance,
warranty,
guarantee,
insurance,
obligation;
contract
etc.
769;
stipulation.
engagement,
preengagement;
affiance;
betroth,
betrothal,
betrothment.
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Dutch: engagement, verloving
Polish: zrękowiny, zaręczyny
2 troth
A solemn pledge of fidelity.
synonym: plight.
adverb
Roget 535:
affirmatively
etc.
adj.;
in the affirmative.
with emphasis,
ex-cathedra,
without fear of contradiction.
as God is my witness,
I must say,
indeed,
i' faith,
let me tell you,
why,
give me leave to say,
marry,
you may be sure,
I'd have you to know;
upon my word,
upon my honor;
by my troth,
egad,
I assure you;
by jingo,
by Jove,
by George,
&c.;
troth,
seriously,
sadly;
in sadness,
in sober sadness,
in truth,
in earnest;
of a truth,
truly,
perdy†,
in all conscience,
upon oath;
be assured
etc.
(belief)
484;
yes
etc.
(assent)
488;
I'll warrant,
I'll warrant you,
I'll engage,
I'll answer for it,
I'll be bound,
I'll venture to say,
I'll take my oath;
in fact,
forsooth,
joking apart;
so help me God;
not to mince the matter.
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Roget 543:
truly
etc.
(really)
494;
in plain words
etc.
703;
in truth,
with truth,
of a truth,
in good truth;
as the dial to the sun,
as the needle to the pole;
honor bright;
troth;
in good sooth†,
in good earnest;
unfeignedly,
with no nonsense,
in sooth†,
sooth to say†,
bona fide,
in foro conscientiae [Lat.];
without equivocation;
cartes sur table,
from the bottom of one's heart;
by my troth
etc.
(affirmation)
535.
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Moby thesaurus: adherence, adhesion, affiance, allegiance, assurance, assure, attachment, avouch, avouchment, banns, banns of matrimony, become engaged, betroth, betrothal, betrothing, betrothment, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, constancy, contract, contract an engagement, countersign, devotedness, devotion, engage, engagement, espousal, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, firmness, good faith, guarantee, handfasting, homage, loyalty, make a promise, marriage contract, oath, parole, pledge, plight, plighted faith, plighted troth, promise, publish the banns, solemn declaration, staunchness, steadfastness, swear, tie, true blue, trueness, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor ... show more.
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