covenant
noun
an agreement or promise, usually formal, between two or more people or groups to do or not do something specified.
covenants
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pluralof covenant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof covenant (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
covenantnounan agreement or promise, usually formal, between two or more people or groups to do or not do something specified.
Example Sentences
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Hileman figured the need to invest all that capital would cause private-credit firms to make loans that offered their investors lower returns and came with fewer protections, known as covenants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
A clause placed in thousands of L.A. property deeds in 1902 restricted housing covenants at the time West Adams Heights and many other L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
The order bans new restrictive covenants which prohibit land being used for a supermarket.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Disney also agrees that a development agreement and restrictive covenants passed before the takeover are also not valid, according to the settlement terms.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
For example, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all refer to covenants made between God and people.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
