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Definitions for Unpledged

[1] a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
[2] something delivered as security for the payment of a debt or fulfillment of a promise, and subject to forfeiture on failure to pay or fulfill the promise.
[3] the state of being given or held as security: to put a thing in pledge.
[4] Law . the act of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security. the resulting legal relationship.
[5] something given or regarded as a security.
[6] a person accepted for membership in a club, fraternity, or sorority, but not yet formally approved.
[7] an assurance of support or goodwill conveyed by drinking a person's health; a toast.
[8] Obsolete . a hostage. a person who becomes bail or surety for another.
[9] to bind by or as if by a pledge: to pledge hearers to secrecy.
[10] to promise solemnly: to pledge one's support.
[11] to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn.
[12] to stake, as one's honor.
[13] to secure by a pledge; give a pledge for.
[14] to accept as a pledge for club, fraternity, or sorority membership.
[15] to drink a health or toast to.
[16] to make or give a pledge: to pledge for someone.
[17] to drink a pledge; toast someone's health, success, etc.
[18] take the pledge , to make a solemn, formal vow to abstain from intoxicating drink.
[19] a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something
[20] collateral for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation the condition of being collateral (esp in the phrase in pledge )
[21] a sign, token, or indication the gift is a pledge of their sincerity
[22] an assurance of support or goodwill, conveyed by drinking to a person, cause, etc; toast we drank a pledge to their success
[23] a person who binds himself, as by becoming bail or surety for another
[24] sign the pledge or take the pledge to make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
[25] to promise formally or solemnly he pledged allegiance
[26] (tr) to bind or secure by or as if by a pledge they were pledged to secrecy
[27] to give, deposit, or offer (one's word, freedom, property, etc) as a guarantee, as for the repayment of a loan
[28] to drink a toast to (a person, cause, etc)

Words related to Unpledged

pledgeneutral, uninvolved, unaffiliated, unattached, floating, laid-back, nonaligned, nonpartisan, restrained

Words nearby Unpledged

pledgeplecopteran, plectognath, plectron, plectrum, pled, pledge, pledge of allegiance, pledged delegate, pledgee, pledget, pledgor

Origin of Unpledged

pledge1275–1325; Middle English plege < Anglo-French < early Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, derivative of plebīre to pledge < Germanic; compare Old English plēon to risk, German pflegen to look after. See plight2

Other words from Unpledged

pledge·a·ble , adjective
pledg·er , noun
pledge·less , adjective
in·ter·pledge , verb (used with object), in·ter·pledged, in·ter·pledg·ing.
pre·pledge , verb (used with object), pre·pledged, pre·pledg·ing; noun
qua·si-pledge , verb, qua·si-pledged, qua·si-pledg·ing.
re·pledge , verb (used with object), re·pledged, re·pledg·ing, noun
un·pledged , adjective

Word origin for Unpledged

pledgeC14: from Old French plege, from Late Latin plebium gage, security, from plebīre to pledge, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German pflegan to look after, care for

Synonyms for Unpledged

neutral, unaffiliated, uninvolved, unattached, cut loose, don't care, fence-sitting, floating, free-spirited, laid-back, middle ground, middle of the road, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on the fence, restrained