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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