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FORSWEAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: forswore    , forsworn   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Example:

She abjured her beliefs

Synonyms:

abjure; forswear; recant; resile; retract

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "forswear" is one way to...):

disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

forswearing (the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.))

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