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- Dictionaryforswear/fəˈswɛː/
verb
- 1. agree to give up or do without: formal "the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons"
- 2. commit perjury; swear falsely: archaic "I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn"
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to make a serious decision to stop doing something: to forswear all violence. Synonym. abjure formal. Compare. recant formal. retract formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stop having or doing something. abdicate. abdication. bandh. bomb out. break with something. butt. forfeitable. forgo. forsake. give up the ghost idiom. lay.
The meaning of FORSWEAR is to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath. How to use forswear in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Forswear.
If you forswear something, you promise that you will stop doing it, having it, or using it. [ formal , or literary ] The party was offered a share of government if it forswore violence.
To forswear is to give up an idea, belief, or habit that you’ve had previously. New Year’s is a popular time to forswear anything from sweets to bad relationships.
Forswear definition: to reject or renounce under oath. See examples of FORSWEAR used in a sentence.
to make a serious decision to stop doing something: to forswear all violence. Synonym. abjure formal. Compare. recant formal. retract formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stop having or doing something. abdicate. abdication. bandh. bomb out. break with something. butt. forfeitable. forgo. forsake. give up the ghost idiom. lay.
forswear something to stop doing or using something; to make a promise that you will stop doing or using something synonym renounce. The group forswears all worldly possessions. The country has not forsworn the use of chemical weapons.
1. ( tr) to reject or renounce with determination or as upon oath. 2. ( tr) to deny or disavow absolutely or upon oath: he forswore any knowledge of the crime. 3. (Law) to perjure (oneself) [Old English forswearian] forˈswearer n.
forswear meaning, definition, what is forswear: to stop doing something or promise that ...: Learn more.
forswearing, forswears, forswore, forsworn. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer engage in (an activity or habit, for example). A political group that has forsworn violence. American Heritage.
