Intent
Pledge
Pledge noun - Something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Perhaps the most debated pledge of De Blasio's was his promise to end the NYPD's controversial "Stop and Frisk" policy, which gave the police the ability to stop and search anyone they suspected of criminal intent.
Source: Useful Notes / New York City -
Be Careful What You Say: Changeling: the Lost is full of this trope, most explicitly in the ability for Changelings (and Gentry) to bind ANYTHING you say as a magically enforced Pledge as long as it's phrased in a way that can be taken as a statement of intent.
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