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Forswearing

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Noun

1. forgoing, forswearing, renunciation

the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)

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Forswearing

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verb -swears, -swearing, -swore or -sworn
1. (transitive)
to reject or renounce with determination or as upon oath
2. (transitive)
to deny or disavow absolutely or upon oath
he forswore any knowledge of the crime
3. 
to perjure (oneself)

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Forswearing

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verb transitiveWord forms: forˈswore (ˈfɔrˈswɔr ; fôrˈswôrˈ), forˈsworn, forˈswearing
1. 
to renounce on oath; promise earnestly to give up
2. 
to deny earnestly or on oath
verb intransitive
3. 
to swear falsely; commit perjury

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Forswearing

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v. for·swore (-swôr), for·sworn (-swôrn), for·swear·ing, for·swears
v.tr.
1.
a. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer engage in (an activity or habit, for example): a political group that has forsworn violence.
b. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer use or be associated with (something): "He had cast in his lot with the lions and forsworn the lambs" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
c. To disavow under oath: "He was forced to take an oath forswearing heretical views" (Garry Wills).
2. To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.
v.intr.
To swear falsely; commit perjury

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