forsworn

verb

variants also foresworn
Definition of forswornnext
past participle of forswear
as in renounced
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition

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Recent Examples of forsworn Three other Democrats previously in receipt of copious donations have similarly forsworn further AIPAC funding. — Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forsworn
  1. renounced
  2. withdrawn
  3. repealed
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  • Their virality comes at a time when the very generation that inspired them has largely renounced the label.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
  • China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of renounced
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  • However, the membership application was never formally withdrawn.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The United States’ allies, in particular, simply do not understand yet that Washington has withdrawn its support from the old order and from them.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of withdrawn
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  • Prices collapsed after 1986, domestic production was increasingly exempted, and the tax was generating almost nothing by the time it was repealed.
    — Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Parents in the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania drew national attention in June when yelling broke out at a board meeting after the district repealed a policy that had given families a choice to opt out.
    — Stephanie Cook Broadhurst, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealed

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