forswear

forswear has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• v. i.. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.
• v. i.. To deny upon oath.
• v. i.. To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
• v.. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"