foreswear

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A form of forswear — To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbforeswear (third-person singular simple present foreswears, present participle foreswearing, simple past foreswore, past participle foresworn)

present singular third person foreswears · participle present foreswearing · past foreswore · participle past foresworn

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of forswear.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdo without or cease to hold or adhere to

Broader

verbturn away from; give up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreswear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreswear.

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