Covenant vs. Promise
Covenantnoun
(legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
Covenantnoun
(legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
Covenantnoun
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
Covenantnoun
An incidental clause in an agreement.
Covenantverb
To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
Covenantverb
(legal) To enter a formal agreement.
Covenantverb
(legal) To bind oneself in contract.
Covenantverb
(legal) To make a stipulation.
Covenantnoun
A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.
Covenantnoun
An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; - usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."
Covenantnoun
The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.
Covenantnoun
A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.
Covenantnoun
An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.
Covenantverb
To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
Covenantverb
To grant or promise by covenant.
Covenantnoun
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
Covenantnoun
(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
Covenantverb
enter into a covenenant
Covenantverb
enter into a covenant or formal agreement;
Promisenoun
(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow
Promisenoun
(countable) a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use
Promisenoun
(uncountable) reason to expect improvement or success; potential
Promisenoun
a placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
Promisenoun
bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
Promiseverb
(transitive) to commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow
Promiseverb
(intransitive) to give grounds for expectation, especially of something good
Promiseadjective
In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
Promiseadjective
An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made.
Promiseadjective
That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise.
Promiseadjective
Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
Promiseverb
To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.
Promiseverb
To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.
Promiseverb
To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
Promiseverb
To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
Promiseverb
To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.
Promisenoun
a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Promisenoun
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
Promiseverb
make a promise or commitment
Promiseverb
promise to undertake or give;
Promiseverb
make a prediction about; tell in advance;
Promiseverb
give grounds for expectations;
Promisenoun
a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen
Promisenoun
an indication that something is likely to occur
Promisenoun
the quality of potential excellence
Promiseverb
assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen
Promiseverb
pledge (someone, especially a woman) to marry someone else; betroth
Promiseverb
give good grounds for expecting (a particular occurrence)
Promiseverb
announce (something) as being expected to happen
Promiseverb
contemplate the pleasant expectation of
Promise
A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun promise means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something.
