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forswearing Definition


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forswear
verb forswore, forsworn, forswearing
    old use:
    1. To give up or renounce (one's foolish ways, etc).
      Thesaurus: renounce, repudiate, disown, forsake, forgo, abandon.
    2. To perjure (oneself).
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon forswerian to swear falsely.



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