forswearing

From the verb forswear: (⇒ conjugate)

forswearing is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

for•swear /fɔrˈswɛr/   v. [~ + object] , -swore, -sworn, -swear•ing. 

1. to promise not to do (something):
   to forswear sinful ways.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

for•swear  (fôr swâr′), v., -swore, -sworn, -swearing. 
v.t. 

1. to reject or renounce under oath:
   to forswear an injurious habit.
2. to deny vehemently or under oath.
3. to perjure (oneself ).

v.i. 

4. to swear falsely;
   commit perjury.

• Middle English forsweren, Old English forswerian. See for-, swear bef. 900

for•swear′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. abjure, relinquish, forgo, forsake, abandon.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

forswear / fɔːˈswɛə/ verb ( -swears, -swearing, -swore, -sworn)

1. (transitive) to reject or renounce with determination or as upon oath
2. (transitive) to deny or disavow absolutely or upon oath: he forswore any knowledge of the crime
3. to perjure (oneself)

Etymology: Old English forswearian

forˈswearer noun