Troth

/trɑːθ/
noun

A promise or pledge, especially to marry someone.

I have plighted my troth to her.
Visual representation of "troth" - A promise or pledge, especially to marry someone

Often appears as...

  • plight one's troth
  • give one's troth

Usage tips

Formal

Literary

noun

Truth or faithfulness.

I assure you of my troth.
Visual representation of "troth" - Truth or faithfulness

Often appears as...

  • pledge one's troth
  • swear one's troth

Usage tips

Formal

Literary

noun

A promise or pledge, especially to marry someone.

I have plighted my troth to her.
Visual representation of "troth" - A promise or pledge, especially to marry someone

Often appears as...

  • plight one's troth
  • give one's troth

Usage tips

Formal

Literary

noun

Truth or faithfulness.

I assure you of my troth.
Visual representation of "troth" - Truth or faithfulness

Often appears as...

  • pledge one's troth
  • swear one's troth

Usage tips

Formal

Literary

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Visual representation of "troth"
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Marriage Promise

Primarily used in a historical or ceremonial context when someone promises to marry.

Illustration for Marriage Promise
In the days of yore, knights plighted their troth to ladies.
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Literary Usage

More common in historical or literary texts, not used in everyday conversation.

Illustration for Literary Usage
She read a novel where the hero plighted his troth to his beloved.
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Solemn Commitment

It indicates a serious and formal commitment, not just a casual promise.

Illustration for Solemn Commitment
When he gave his troth, everyone knew he would not waver.
Visual representation of the word "Troth"

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Quote examples

Richard Corliss

American Writer

I came of baseball age (isn't it always around first grade?) in the last sputtering years of the A's Philadelphia tenancy. I probably plighted my fated troth in 1949, when the A's fluked into a winning season and introduced a pintsize southpaw named Bobby Shantz.
Portrait of Richard Corliss

Quote examples

John Polanyi

Hungarian Scientist

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
Portrait of John Polanyi

Quote examples

Richard Corliss

American Writer

I came of baseball age (isn't it always around first grade?) in the last sputtering years of the A's Philadelphia tenancy. I probably plighted my fated troth in 1949, when the A's fluked into a winning season and introduced a pintsize southpaw named Bobby Shantz.
Portrait of Richard Corliss

Quote examples

John Polanyi

Hungarian Scientist

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
Portrait of John Polanyi
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