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Examples of forswear
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Nor do I think we should forever forswear our right to leave the EU unilaterally.
From the economist.com
I was duly chastened and have agreed to forswear the use of the word schmuck.
From the theatlantic.com
Carnivores love it, health nuts crave it, vegetarians forswear solemn oaths for it.
From the time.com
He has some pleasant compliments for Hanagan, but will never forswear that secret belief.
From the independent.co.uk
Restaurateurs I spoke with said they would not forswear bottled water.
From the timesunion.com
The group could forswear ad hoc, opaque decrees applied retroactively.
From the economist.com
As with many a recovery programme, the first step is to forswear drink.
From the economist.com
Boomers could forswear all or part of this unearned inheritance.
From the theatlantic.com
So, Italy cannot forswear building a larger, non-nuclear navy.
From the economist.com
- Abjure: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
- (forswearing) renunciation: the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
- Perjury, also known as forswearing, is the willful act of swearing a false oath or affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to a judicial proceeding. ...
- To renounce or deny something, especially under oath; To commit perjury
- In CRIMINAL LAW, to make oath to that which the deponent knows to be untrue. This term is wider in its scope than perjury, for the latter, as a technical term, includes the idea of the oath being taken before a competent court or officer and relating to a material issue, which is not implied by ...
- Reject or to renounce with great emphasis.
