Associations to the word «Forswear»

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.
Alexander Pope