forswear
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for·swear
also fore·swear (fôr-swâr', fōr-) 
v., -swore, also -swore (fôr-swôr', fōr-swōr'), -sworn, -sworn (fôr-swôrn', fōr-swōrn'), -swear·ing, -swear·ing, -swears, -swears. v.tr.
To swear falsely; commit perjury.
v., -swore, also -swore (fôr-swôr', fōr-swōr'), -sworn, -sworn (fôr-swôrn', fōr-swōrn'), -swear·ing, -swear·ing, -swears, -swears. v.tr.
- To renounce or repudiate under oath.
- To renounce seriously.
- To disavow under oath; deny.
- To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.
To swear falsely; commit perjury.
[Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian : for-, wrongly; see for- + swerian, to swear; see swear.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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forswear
also foreswear
verb
- To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield. See keep/release.
- To make untrue declarations: falsify, fib, lie2, prevaricate. Law perjure. See true/false.
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forswear
v
Definition: abandon, disavow
Antonyms: adhere to, go back to, revert, stick with
West's Encyclopedia of American Law:
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Forswear
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
In criminal law, to make oath to that which the deponent knows to be untrue. This term is wider in its scope than perjury, for the latter, as a technical term, includes the idea of the oath being taken before a competent court or officer and relating to a material issue, which is not implied by the word forswear.
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foreswear
IN BRIEF: v. - Turn away from; Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.
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Forswear
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afsværge, højtideligt love at aflægge
v. intr. - sværge falsk, aflægge mened
Nederlands (Dutch)
afzweren, een meineed afleggen, onder ede ontkennen/verwerpen
Français (French)
v. tr. - renoncer à, (Relig) abjurer, (Jur) renier
v. intr. - se parjurer
Deutsch (German)
v. - abschwören, ableugnen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (καθομ.) (ξε)κόβω (συνήθεια κ.λπ.)
Italiano (Italian)
abiurare, spergiurare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - perjurar (Jur.)
Русский (Russian)
отказываться, отрекаться, отрицать под присягой
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - renunciar solemnemente, abjurar
v. intr. - renunciar solemnemente, abjurar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avsvärja sig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发誓抛弃, 发誓否定, 发伪誓, 背誓, 作伪证
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發誓拋棄, 發誓否定
v. intr. - 發偽誓, 背誓, 作偽證
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 맹세코 그만두다
v. intr. - 위증하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 誓ってやめる, 誓って否定する, 偽証する, 誓って否認する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يقسم كاذبا
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ויתר (בשבועה) על, הכחיש בשבועה
v. intr. - התכחש לשבועתו
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