Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWEARING

ppr. Affirming upon oath; uttering a declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of it. 1. Putting upon oath; causing to swear.

 

SWEARING

n.The act or practice of affirming on oath. Swearing in court is lawful. 1. Profaneness. All swearing not required by some law, or in conformity with law, is criminal. False swearing or perjury is a crime of a deep dye.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWEARING

SWEARING Swear "ing, a. & n.

 

Defn: from Swear, v. Idle swearing is a cursedness. Chaucer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swearing

swear ing |ˈswe (ə )riNG ˈswerɪŋ | ▶noun the use of offensive language: there's a lot of swearing in the show.

 

Oxford Dictionary

swearing

swear |ing |ˈswɛːrɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the use of offensive language: there's a lot of swearing in the show.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

swearing

swearing noun they had to bleep out all the swearing: bad language, strong language, cursing, blaspheming, blasphemy; profanities, obscenities, curses, oaths, expletives, swear words; informal cussing, four-letter words; formal imprecation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

swearing

swearing noun sixty per cent thought there was too much swearing on TV: bad language, foul language, strong language; profanity, obscenity, cursing, blaspheming, blasphemy, vilification, imprecation, curses, oaths, expletives, swear words, profanities, insults; technical coprolalia; informal cussing, effing and blinding, four-letter words.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swearing

sw é ar ing /-rɪŋ /名詞 U C ののしり .

 

swearing-in

sw è aring- í n 名詞 U (裁判などの )宣誓 ; (米大統領などの )宣誓就任 (式 ).