bli neder

From Hebrew בלי נדר‎ (“without a vow”).

bli neder (not comparable)

1. A qualification of an undertaking to do something, such that the commitment does not include the strength of a vow.

   I will do this bli neder.

In Jewish law, a vow has serious and weighty consequences (Numbers 30). Qualifying a commitment to perform a certain action with the term bli neder exempts the speaker from the violation of a vow in the event that he does not fulfill his commitment.

• best efforts

• bedliner, rendible