Associations to the word «Vow»

Wiktionary

VOW, noun. 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.
VOW, noun. A declaration or assertion.
VOW, verb. (ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
VOW, verb. (transitive) To make a vow regarding (something).
VOW, verb. To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

Dictionary definition

VOW, noun. A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took vows of poverty".
VOW, verb. Make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again".
VOW, verb. Dedicate to a deity by a vow.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats