forswear in English
Use "forswear" in a sentence
1. The priests of some religions must forswear wealth and marriage.
2. Abjured the errors of his former faith When would forswear be …
3. The judge asks sharply: " Do you know to forswear what result can you get? "
4. Wells was not likely to forswear the faith of a lifetime.
5. Secondly, Hu suggests that the Fed should forswear intervening directly in equities or equity derivatives.
6. 24 You must tell the truth to the judge, because if you forswear yourself you could go to prison.
7. Nor have they been willing to forswear for themselves the advantages of any future advances from animal research.
8. Abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle Abjured) to renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow
9. Repudiate, recant, or retract; to renounce under oath, forswear: Abjure allegiance; Abjure a confession Not to be confused with: adjure – to charge or
10. It was the Biblical apple with which man was seduced to forswear his innocence in order to gain knowledge and sexuality. Sentencedict.com
11. Abjure Meaning: "renounce on oath, repudiate, forswear," originally especially "renounce or recant (a heresy) on oath,"… See definitions of Abjure.
12. abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath. Abjured the errors of his …
13. Abjure - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She Abjured her beliefs" forswear , recant , retract , resile
14. Abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. Abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath. Abjured the errors of his …
15. Some common synonyms of Abjure are forswear, recant, renounce, and retract. While all these words mean "to withdraw one's word or professed belief," Abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath
16. Abjure To renounce upon oath; forswear; withdraw formally from: as, to Abjure allegiance to a prince.; Abjure To renounce or repudiate; abandon; retract; especially, to renounce or retract with solemnity: as, to Abjure one's errors or wrong practices.; Abjure To take an oath of abjuration.
17. Abjure (v.) early 15c., Abjuren, "renounce on oath, repudiate, forswear," originally especially "renounce or recant (a heresy) on oath," from Old French abjurer and directly from Latin abiurare "deny on oath," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + iurare "to swear," from ius (genitive iuris) "law" (see jurist).
18. Abjure (v.) early 15c., Abjuren, "renounce on oath, repudiate, forswear," originally especially "renounce or recant (a heresy) on oath," from Old French abjurer and directly from Latin abiurare "deny on oath," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + iurare "to swear," from ius (genitive iuris) "law" (see jurist).