• Shona word chitsidzo in the Shona Dictionary
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chitsidzo
/t͡ʃit͡siɗ͡z̤ó/

• noun , class(7)
• synonyms: chipikirwa, mhiko, pinyoro
• dialects/origins: Zezuru

English translation

promise

1. A declaration in reference to the future, whether written or verbal, made by one person to another, purporting to assure the latter that the former will do or forebear from a specified act, or cause it to be done or refrained from; a declaration intended to give to the person to whom it is made assurance of his right to expect from the promiser the thing promised; especially, a declaration that something shall lie (tone or given for the benefit of the promisee or another.

2. Ground or basis of expectation; earnest; pledge.

3. That which affords a ground or basis for hope or for expectation of future excellence or distinction.

4. That which is promised; fulfilment or grant of what is promised.