Synonyms for forswear
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Abandon — to renounce or deny something, especially under oath
abandon, renounce, abjure formal, swear off, deny, retract, disavow, recant, drop, reject, quit, relinquish, forsake, disown, repudiate, disclaim, dispense with, forgo, resile, swallow, discard, waive
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Definitions
- v. 1
To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.
- v. 2
To commit perjury; to break an oath.
Related words
- Other spellings
- foreswear
Choose the right word
Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- deny You can't deny the fact that she had a hand in it.
- abandon Many Armenians were forced to abandon their lands.
- renounce I renounce everything as long as I can be with you.
By length
- 4 letters
- drop1, quit1, deny2
- 5 letters
- waive1, forgo2
- 6 letters
- reject2, disown2, recant2, abjure, resile, quisle
- 7 letters
- abandon3, swallow2, discard2, retract2, forsake2, disavow3, perjure2
- 8 letters
- renounce2, disclaim2, misswear, manswear
- 9 letters
- repudiate4
- 10 letters
- relinquish3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deny2 = 2 syllables).