forswear
verb
[ fɔːˈswɛː ]
• agree to give up or do without.
• "the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons"
Similar:
renounce,
swear off,
forgo,
abjure,
reject,
relinquish,
abstain from,
refrain from,
shun,
avoid,
eschew,
do without,
go without,
steer clear of,
give a wide berth to,
have nothing to do with,
decline,
refuse,
repudiate,
spurn,
give up,
dispense with,
stop,
cease,
finish,
discontinue,
break off,
drop,
cut out,
kick,
quit,
jack in,
Opposite:
adhere to,
persist with,
• commit perjury; swear falsely.
• "I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn"
Origin:
Old English forswerian (see for-, swear).
