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English verb: forswear | |||
| 1. | forswear (communication) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | ||
| Samples | He retracted his earlier statements about his religion. She abjured her beliefs. | ||
| Synonyms | abjure, recant, resile, retract | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disown, renounce, repudiate | ||
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