forswear

also
v., -swore, also -swore (fôr-swôr', fōr-swōr'), -sworn, -sworn (fôr-swôrn', fōr-swōrn'), -swear·ing, -swear·ing, -swears, -swears.

v.tr.

1. 1. To renounce or repudiate under oath.
   2. To renounce seriously.
2. To disavow under oath; deny.
3. To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.

v.intr.
To swear falsely; commit perjury.

[Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian : for-, wrongly; see for- + swerian, to swear; see swear.]

also foreswear

verb

1. 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.
2. To make untrue declarations: falsify, fib, lie², prevaricate. Law perjure. See true/false.

v

Definition: abandon, disavow
Antonyms: adhere to, go back to, revert, stick with

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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.

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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