COVENANT Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈkəv-nənt

as in treaty

a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples the two countries signed a peace covenant that, it was hoped, would put an end to decades of bitter conflict

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as in contract

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation I had to sign a covenant that I would return the rental car on time

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as in agreement

an arrangement about action to be taken the 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

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covenant

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verb

ˈkəv-nənt

as in to bargain

to come to an arrangement as to a course of action a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself

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as in to promise

to make a solemn declaration of intent the 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

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Recent Examples of covenant

Noun

In April, the FTC voted 3-2 to ban the agreements, with commissioners in the majority pointing to research that shows such covenants suppress wages, stifle entrepreneurship and gum up labor markets. —

Julian Mark, Washington Post, 3 July 2024 In 2009, lawmakers ratified the U.N.’s two covenants on human rights, one of which calls for the abolition of the death penalty. —

Yian Lee / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024 Another significant challenge sustainability leaders struggle with is covenants. —

Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 According to the ordinance, hosts can list only one unit at a time as a short-term rental and are prohibited from listing units that are rent-controlled, have been removed from the long-term market because of the Ellis Act or qualify for affordable housing covenants. —

Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for covenant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for covenant

Noun

The two parcels of land for the new San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Reservation are located around Willow Springs, west of Tuba City, and the Northern Area, approximately 300 acres in Utah near Navajo Mountain, according to the treaty.

Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
The idea of the sovereign nation-state, however, is only a few centuries old, having emerged from treaties that are collectively known as the Peace of Westphalia in the mid-seventeenth century.

Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024