plight in WordNet English dictionary

1. give to in marriage
   betroth  engage  affiance  plight 
   
2. promise solemnly and formally
   "I pledge that I will honor my wife"
   pledge  plight 
   

1. a solemn pledge of fidelity
   plight  troth 
   
2. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
   "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
   predicament  quandary  plight