Antonyms for promise


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : prom-is
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒm ɪs


Definition of promise

Origin :
  • c.1400, "a pledge, vow," from Old French promesse "promise, guarantee, assurance" (13c.) and directly from Latin promissum "a promise," noun use of neuter past participle of promittere "send forth; let go; foretell; assure beforehand, promise," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + mittere "to put, send" (see mission). The ground sense is "declaration made about the future, about some act to be done or not done."
  • noun one's word that something will be done
  • noun hope, possibility
  • verb give word that something will be done
  • verb bring hope, possibility
Example sentences :
  • I promise you I shall not, Mr. Bines; they can row if they like.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Hester Paine, as a young lady, fulfills the promise of her girlhood.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Knife, however, must promise to leave his land to his son-in-law in case he died.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • She was trying to extort a promise that she should appear in its pages, which, as we all remember, she did.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • If we would promise we must put ourselves in a position to perform our promise.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • According to my promise, I saw the minister on the following day.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • My promise is spoken; yours unspoken, but not the less real and solemn.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • He also received the promise of 240 votes of other electors.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Yet the promise of this life is imperiled by the very genius that has made it possible.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Synonyms for promise

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