New Year's resolution

/ˈn(j)u jɪɹz ˌɹɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/

UK: /ˈnjuː jɪəz ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/

New Year's resolution

English Noun
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Definition

A vow that one makes on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day for the coming year.

Example Sentences

  • "He made a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking."
  • "Felt that I had reason, from the stupidity of my heart, to fear that my New-Year's resolutions were made too much in my own strength."
  • "If you direct me, on your authority as a priest of our Church, to renounce these acquaintances as dangerous, and to put by all the books of Dissenters, I am here, ready, from this moment, to obey. It shall be my New Year's resolution."
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