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covenantsnounpl. of covenant a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoplesthe two countries signed a peace covenant that, it was hoped, would put an end to decades of bitter conflict accords, alliances, compacts, conventions, pacts, treaties entente cordiales, ententesbargains, bonds, charters, concords, contracts, deals, settlements, understandingsprojets a formal agreement to fulfill an obligationI had to sign a covenant that I would return the rental car on time bonds, contracts, deals, guarantees, guaranties, sureties, warranties oaths, pledges, troths, vows, wordsaccords, bargains, compacts, concordats, conventions, pacts, treatiesassurances, insurances, sealsbails, deposits, pawns, securities an arrangement about action to be takenthe covenant that existed among neighbors in olden times whereby they would quickly respond to the call to help put out one another's house fires accords, agreements, bargains, compacts, contracts, conventions, deals, dispositions, pacts, settlements, understandings charters, treatiesbinders, pledges, promisesalliances, associations, entente cordiales, ententes, leagues, partnershipsacceptances, approvals, assents, concurrences, consents, OKs(or okays) to come to an arrangement as to a course of actiona traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself agrees, bargains, contracts comes around, comes roundsubscribes, underwritesarranges, settles comes to terms, strikes a bargain disagrees differs, dissentscancels, reneges, revokesargues, contests, disputes, objects to make a solemn declaration of intentthe home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate pledges, promises, swears, vows affiances, betroths, plights, trothsaccedes, agrees, assents, consentscontracts, engages, ensures, guarantees, undertakesaffirms, asserts, avers, avouches, avows, declares, insists, warrants gives one's word |