Promise
A promise in dreams often reflects the weight of unspoken expectations—yours or those placed upon you—and the quiet anxiety of whether they can be kept. When a promise breaks in sleep, consider whether the dream mourns a commitment or secretly relieves you of one you never truly wanted to hold.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for promise, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of broken promises on the part of a friend, is a sign that he will confer a benefit on you: if a girl dreams that her lover has broken his promise to marry, it foreshadows a speedy performance of the ceremony.