forswear
verb (used with object)
to reject or renounce under oath.
has forsworn
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present perfectof forswear (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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None of this is to say that Rodrigo has forsworn the type of emotional melodrama that made her a star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
But as Justice Sonia Sotomayor reminded Clement, “The city has forsworn any future prosecution for past violations.”
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
He has forsworn donations from lawyers practicing before the court that he is running for, and intends to staff a table outside the jail during the campaign, with the help of D.S.A. volunteers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
Mr O’Rourke, in his third term representing a border city in a far corner of the state, has forsworn money from political action committees, secretive outfits which can accept unlimited donations.
From Economist ● Aug. 24, 2017
Some doubt exists as to whether this will be honoured, for Prince Hilarion has heard that his bride has "forsworn the world."
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Henry A. Lytton
