| affiance | marriage contract, solemn promise to each other |
| affiance | betroth, engage, promise solemnly |
| battery | breach, entry |
| before-breach | previous breaking, earlier violation |
| best-boding | most favourable, most promising |
| bode | promise, predict, forecast |
| breach | disregarding, breaking |
| breach | outbreak, uprising, insurrection |
| breach | surf, breaking waves |
| breach | tear, gap, hole |
| break | break one's promise, not keep one's word |
| break-promise | promise-breaker |
| break-vow | breaker of promises |
| combinate | betrothed, contracted, promised |
| court holy-water | gracious but empty promises, courtly flattery |
| earnest | guarantee, promise [small sum of money paid to secure a bargain] |
| faith | promise, assurance, pledge |
| faith-breach | breach of faith, treason, treachery |
| fast | bound, assured, promised |
| forward | promising, early-maturing, precocious |
| fruitful | promising, full of potential, talented |
| hopeful | promising, giving hope of success |
| ingaged | engaged [to her]; or: not promised [to anyone else] |
| Jephthah | Bible (Judges 11): judge in Israel who promised God to sacrifice the first he met if he returned home victorious; this proved to be his daughter |
| keep | keep [one's] promise, prove reliable |
| likelihood | future, promise, potential |
| likely | promising, hopeful; or: seemly, good-looking |
| look | look likely, promise, tend |
| oath | promise, undertaking |
| plight | pledge, promise, marriage vow |
| plight | make a solemn promise [to do no harm] |
| plighted | pledged, promised, engaged |
| prodigious | ominous, portentous, promising evil |
| promise | assure, declare [to], tell plainly |
| promise | add to, reinforce, augment |
| promise | have an engagement elsewhere |
| promise | give one grounds for, lead one to expect |
| promised | previously agreed |
| proof | turn out well, fulfil one's promise |
| put | make a show, come forward, promise |
| saying | promising, affirmation, assertion |
| seal | pledge, promise, token, sign |
| swear | promise, vow, pledge |
| toward | promising, bold, future |
| true | true to one's promise, faithful to one's undertaking |
| warrant | assure, promise, guarantee, confirm |