forswear
/fɔrˈswɛr/
verb
- To promise to give up or stop doing something; to renounce.
- She forswore her habit of checking her phone during meetings.
- He decided to forswear eating junk food for the entire month.
- The politician publicly forswore any future involvement in corrupt practices.
- To deny something under oath; to swear falsely that something is not true.
- In court, she would not forswear her loyalty to her friend, even under pressure.
- The witness was accused of forswearing his knowledge of the crime.
- He forswore any connection to the stolen goods, but the evidence proved otherwise.