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to vow to die rather than obey

  1. to pledge one's life
    To vow or swear to do something even at the cost of one's life, or to do something with absolute resolve until death
  2. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. to comply with
    To obey; to follow a principle, rule, or custom; to listen to