Antonyms for forswearing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawr-swair

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈswɛər

Definition of forswearing

Origin : Old English forswerian "swear falsely," also "abandon or renounce on oath," from for- "completely" + swerian "to swear." Related: Forswore; forsworn; forswearing.

verb abandon, disavow

Example sentences :

I must save myself by forswearing the Ismaelians and be all loyalty to the arch-sultan.
Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis

Must the city of Clovis bow like him, taking on new vows and forswearing old?
Extract from : « Joan of Arc » by Laura E. Richards

Only I must break off sharp, must escape all reminders by forswearing all returns.
Extract from : « The Sacred Fount » by Henry James

To him even did I tell my family name, and the shame I had saved it from by forswearing it.
Extract from : « Michael, Brother of Jerry » by Jack London

And, thinking of this, suspicion assailed him that forswearing had been slightly insincere and perfunctory.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

All my life-service is unweighed against that faithless hour of my forswearing.
Extract from : « Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre » by Voltairine de Cleyre

This with much more alarmed surprise than if you had declared your intention of forswearing clothes.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917. » by Various

Thus no colonial member could get in but by forswearing his principles and abandoning the interests of his order.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 405, July 1849 » by Various

When the desired number is but small, the problem is sometimes solved by having two or three children and forswearing all adults.
Extract from : « The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage » by G. R. M. Devereux

Synonyms for forswearing

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