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
To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly
Vows are a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married. He had broken his vow of poverty. To declare or assert: "Well, I vow it is as fine a boy as ever was seen!" (Henry Fielding)
If you vow to do something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it. While many models vow to go back to college, few do I solemnly vowed that someday I would return to live in Europe `I'll kill him,' she vowed They have vowed a quick and decisive response
To declare publicly that one made a vow, usually to show ones determination or to announce an act of retaliation
Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow
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"
A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty