negative oath
noun
1= negative confession (now historical ).
2(Now also) a promise not to do something or to abstain from something.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in The Hamilton Papers: being selections from original letters in the possession of the Duke of Hamilton.
- the Apocalypse
- the Appalachians
- the apple never falls far from the tree
- the apple of one's eye
- thearchy
- the Armada
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- theater
- the Athenaeum
- the Atonement
- theatre
- theatregoer
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- theatre-in-the-round
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- Theatre of the Absurd
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- theatricalism
- theatricality
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