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
Emerging from a conference with President Roosevelt, Madam Secretary of Labor Perkins explained that during the "trial period" Labor would not be asked to foreswear the strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ll foreswear pebbles if you’ll abolish the sand habit.”
From Grace Harlowe's Problem by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
