forswear

forswear is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.
2. intransitive verb. To deny upon oath.
3. intransitive verb. To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
4. verb. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

   "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"

   "She abjured her beliefs"

   Synonyms: abjure, recant, resile, retract

Synonyms

abjure, recant, resile, retract

Common word forms

forswears, forswearer, forswearing

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