swearing

a. & n. from Swear, v.

Idle swearing is a cursedness.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  Synonyms: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearword, cuss

Meaning #2: affirming the truth of a statement; to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
  Synonym: oath

Quotes:

"Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect." - Ambrose Bierce

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore." - Euripides

"Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst." - George Farquhar

"Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parson's damn." - Thomas Hardy

"I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred." - Ernest Hemingway

"Oaths are the fossils of piety." - George Santayana

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