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to forswear
01
to formally reject something, often a belief, behavior, or allegiance
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
forswear
3rd person singular
forswears
Present participle
forswearing
Past simple
forswore
Past participle
forsworn
Examples
He vowed to forswear violence after years of conflict.
Lexical Tree
forswearing
forswear
