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vow

 
 
/vaʊ/ verb [T]

Definition

to make a serious promise or decision: [+ (that)] She vowed that she would never leave the children again. [+ to do sth] I've vowed never to go there again.
(Definition of vow verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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