What does forswear mean?
Forswear means (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath..
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/fə(ɹ)ˈswɛə(ɹ)/ · verb
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath..
We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Never to woo her more; but do forswear her.
Like Innocence, and as serenely bold / As Truth, how loudly He forswears thy Gold!.
Long since he had given up every intention of returning to civilization, and now he had decided to see no more his black friends of the Waziri. He had forsworn humanity forever. He had started life an ape—as an ape he would die.
Either forswear fucking others or the affair is over.
The sheer unimaginableness of coming into her mouth — of coming into anything other than the air or a tissue or a dirty sock — was an allurement too stupendous for a novice to forswear.
Over the past two years, Silicon Valley’s leaders and investors — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war — have plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex.
Use forswear when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forswear means (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath..
Common synonyms include abjure, disavow, swear off, deny.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.
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