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swearings

swearings is the plural of swearing.

Meaning of swearing

Noun

swearing (countable and uncountable, plural swearings)

  1. The act of swearing, or making an oath.
    • No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.1693 (date written), D. F. [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], An Essay upon Projects, London: […] R. R. for Tho[mas] Cockerill, […], published 1697, →OCLC

Questions about swearings

What is swearings the plural of?
Swearings is the plural of swearing.

Words near swearings in the dictionary

  1. swearing upon
  2. swearing-in
  3. Swearingen
  4. Swearingens
  5. swearingly
  6. swearings
  7. swears
  8. swears at
  9. swears blind
  10. swears by
  11. swears down

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