• heading, item, lot, setting, theme, theorem
• darkly, funereally, sombrely
• absolute, categorical, express, peremptory, positive, unconditional, unquestioning
• atonement, indemnification, indemnity, redemption, relief, reparations, retrieval
• to swear, sware, sworn, to swear, swore, sworn
• annunciation, proclamation, promulgation