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COVENANT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

: a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact … international law, which depends upon the sanctity of covenants between rulers.—George H. Sabine

a : a written agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties especially for the performance of some action the deed conveying the land contained restrictive covenants b

: the common-law action to recover damages for breach of such a contract

covenanted; covenanting; covenants

Examples of covenant in a Sentence

Noun an international covenant on human rights The restrictive covenants of the building development prohibit the construction of buildings over 30 feet tall. Verb a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate

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Noun

Director Chad Roberts said these digital records could then be used by historians, scholars and policymakers to study the connection between racial housing covenants, redlining and zoning, and could be a resource for individuals to research the history of their homes and neighborhoods. —Alex V. Cipolle, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025 Scaling was expensive and complex, and innovation was often bottlenecked by the limited flexibility of proprietary systems and restrictive vendor support covenants. —Alex Freedland, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 By the end of World War II, most properties in Altadena had racially restrictive deeds or covenants – a trend being repeated in white suburbs across the country. —Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025 The company faces risks related to its ability to maintain compliance with financial covenants under its Senior Term Loan and to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations. —Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for covenant

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from present participle of covenir to be fitting, from Latin convenire

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler

The first known use of covenant was in the 14th century

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“Covenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covenant. Accessed 10 May. 2025.