To make a truly serious, solemn promise that you later casually announce you didn'tmean, hadn't thought out properly and now have no intention of keeping.
After UK Lib-Dem MP Nick Clegg circa 2010
I've made a cledge to my missus that I won't smoke any weed on my stagtrip to Amsterdam
An unfortunate, all-too-familiar act of sexual misconduct that often befalls the innocent children of trusting, but ignorant religious parents.
Q: Shall I light a votive candle for you at the service tonite?
A: Hey, that's a really nice gesture; how about you just go ahead and light a collective candle for the group of kids that got clergy fingered at that fucked upchurch of yours...