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swearing

noun B2
  1. The act of swearing, or making an oath. (countable, uncountable)

Plural swearings

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“Oh no, not my kind of swearing.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 84 · C1
At nine o’clock the president of the club presented himself; the general was ready, the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 766 · C1

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