forswear
verb (used with object)
to reject or renounce under oath.
foreswear
-
a variation of
forswear.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps that is why Gandhi went to such lengths to foreswear majoritarianism, instead stressing tolerance of even the smallest of minorities.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021
The fact that she is unlikely to foreswear his support is disappointing, if unsurprising.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2016
Another Daughter of Prospero might foreswear children, find a nurturing husband, and write prolifically.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2014
This piece of impudence so enrages Speed that, although he has about decided to foreswear the match as a favor to Burleigh's sister with whom he is in love, the bout takes place.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am so much oblig’d, and have withall A heart so boundless and so prodigal I dare not trust myself, or you, to stay, But, like frank gamesters, must foreswear the play.
From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker
