Intent and Pledge

Intent

Intent noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Pledge and intent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pledge" instead a noun "Intent".

Pledge

Pledge noun - Something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise.

Intent and pledge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intent" instead a noun "Pledge".

Nearby Words: pledged, pledging, pledgee, pledger, pledget

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

original original intent original pledge
ultimate ultimate intent ultimate pledge

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / New York City 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.
  • Tabletop Game / Changeling: The Lost 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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