'Forswearing' definitions:
Definition of 'forswearing'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) [syn: renunciation, forgoing, forswearing]
Definition of 'Forswearing'
From: GCIDE
- Forswear \For*swear"\, v. t. [imp. Forswore; p. p. Forsworn; p. pr. & vb. n. Forswearing.] [OE. forsweren, forswerien, AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See For-, and Swear, v. i.]
- 1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. [1913 Webster]
- I . . . do forswear her. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deny upon oath. [1913 Webster]
- Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to perjure one's self. "Thou shalt not forswear thyself." --Matt. v. 33.
- Syn: See Perjure. [1913 Webster]