Associations to the word «Forswear»
Noun
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Wiktionary
FORSWEAR, verb. (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
FORSWEAR, verb. (intransitive) To commit perjury.
Dictionary definition
FORSWEAR, verb. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.