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Word of the Day – Forswear

By July 19, 2025Word of the Day

Forswear (verb)

fawr-swair

To reject or renounce under oath./ To swear falsely; commit perjury.

First recorded before 900; Middle English forsweren, Old English forswerian; for-, swear

Example sentences

“If you pledge allegiance to the US, then you must forswear your loyalties to Russia.”

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