Oathbreach
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Breach or breaking of an oath; perjury. countable, uncountable
"To this list of deadly crimes, naming house-breaking, arson or fire-raising, open theft (ran), and clear murder and treason to one's lord, the Northmen seem to have added unnatural crime (arg-scap), witchcraft, blasphemy, and oath-breach, [...]"
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More examples"To this list of deadly crimes, naming house-breaking, arson or fire-raising, open theft (ran), and clear murder and treason to one's lord, the Northmen seem to have added unnatural crime (arg-scap), witchcraft, blasphemy, and oath-breach, [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English othbreche, from Old English āþbriċe, āþbryċe (“the breaking of an oath, perjury”), equivalent to oath + breach. Compare West Frisian eedbrek (“perjury”), Dutch eedbreuk (“breach of an oath”), German Low German Eedbröök (“the breach of an oath”), German Eidbruch (“the breaking of an oath”).
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