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Synonyms for forswearing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawr-swair
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈswɛər

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Définition 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

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