Definition of "pledging" []

• Present participle of pledge. (verb)

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• "If she disapproves it is only because ---- Oh, I suppose because one's mother always disapproves a thing that is done without her, that she has no hand in, what she calls pledging one's self to a stranger, and not knowing his antecedents, his circumstances, and so forth!"
• "Magazine is joining ColorLines, The Nation, and others in pledging not to use the term "illegals" to refer to people."
• "Brown and his aides can be heard discussing the pressure that police unions were putting on him to follow Whitman in pledging not to reduce their pensions."