foreswear
/fɔrˈswɛr/
verb
- To promise or swear to give up something; to renounce.
- The knight foreswore his allegiance to the corrupt king.
- She foreswore gossip after it hurt her friend's feelings.
- He decided to foreswear junk food for the entire month.
- To deny or reject something solemnly.
- He foreswore all connections with the old regime.
- They foreswore the use of violence in their protests.
- The witness foreswore any knowledge of the crime.