1. to reject or renounce something formally or solemnly
Usage: third person singular present tense of forswear
2. to deny or disavow something under oath
Usage: formal; legal context

Examples

• She forswears all violent methods of protest.
• The witness forswears any knowledge of the crime.
• He forswears his allegiance to the old regime.
• The reformed gambler forswears betting forever.
• She forswears her previous testimony in court.
• The monk forswears all worldly possessions.