Definitions
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- noun The violation of an oath; perjury.
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- noun The
violation of anoath ;perjury .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sessions et all as far as I'm concerning are oathbreaking bad faith oath giving lying traitors....
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The only way a member of Blood Bear could survive the shunning would be if he somehow convinced the Chief of another tribe that he had not participated in the oathbreaking; then he could be adopted into a new tribe.
Elephant in the City 2010
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She did not like breaking her word in any circumstances, but she meant to be gone as soon as a chance presented, and she did not want too heavy an oathbreaking on her conscience.
The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993
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The ensuing riot of oathbreaking, dealmaking, incest and murder make Richard III and the Borgias seem rank amateurs by comparison.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The ensuing riot of oathbreaking, dealmaking, incest and murder make Richard III and the Borgias seem rank amateurs by comparison.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Those oathbreaking, child-murdering bastards don't deserve anything but a grave.
Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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