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Forswearing

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who forswears.

    "Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]"

  2. 2
    the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forswear form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English forswerynge; equivalent to for- + swearing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English forswerynge; equivalent to for- + swearing.

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