3.5.1.9 Promise
Use this domain for words related to promising to do something--to say that you will do something in the future.
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(1) What words refer to promising to do something?
Example words: promise, agree, commit, guarantee, assure, swear
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(2) What words refer to something someone promises to do?
Example words: promise (n), commitment, assurance, guarantee, pledge, plight, troth, word
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(3) What words refer to doing what you promised?
Example words: keep, fulfill, make good
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(4) What words refer to not doing what you promised?
Example words: break, renege on, go back on promise
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(5) What words refer to asking someone to do what he promised?
Example words: hold you to your promise
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(6) What words refer to allowing someone to not do what he promised?
Example words: release someone from a promise