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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An incidental clause in an agreement.
  • A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
  • biblical God's general promise of salvation to the faithful as taught in the Bible.
  • biblical God's promise to humanity after the Flood, symbolised by the rainbow.
  • biblical God's promise to Israel in both the Old Testament and the New Testament that He would redeem the nation of Israel, give Israel the land of Zion, and "appear in his glory" and "come out of Zion" when "all Israel shall be saved" Romans 11:25-27).
  • legal An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
  • legal A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.

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Verb:

  • legal To bind oneself in contract.
  • legal To enter a formal agreement.
  • legal To make a stipulation.
  • to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant

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