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AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD

Definition: AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD

AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD

1. Faithful to a promise.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Completion	Despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word.
Observance	Adjective: observant, faithful, true, loyal; honorable; true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole; punctual, punctilious; literal; (exact); as good as one's word.
Probity	Redeem one's pledge; keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word; keep faith with, not fail.
	Constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch; true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; "marble-constant"; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible.
Veracity	Adjective: truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous; (honorable); sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling; (dissemble; ); guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous; (artless); undisguised; (real).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Expression: AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD

Expression using "AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD": be as good as one's word. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD

Language		Translations for "AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		pitää sanansa (be as good as one's word, keep one's word), olla sanansa mittainen (be as good as one's word). (various references)

Hungarian		szavát tartja (to be as good as one's word), állja a szavát (to keep faith with sy). (various references)

Pig Latin		asay oodgay asay one'say ordway
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-a-a-d-d-e-g-n-o-o-o-o-r-s-s-s-w"
	-5 letters: sanderswoods.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Bibliography

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