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also foreswear
as in to renounce
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 forswear
Utah, in its founding documents, forswore any unappropriated public lands to the federal government.
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Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
And the United States would accept and be prepared to recognize the current Iranian government, forswearing attempts at regime change.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
The logic to this argument is that a democratic and pro-Western Iran would forswear nuclear weapons (and mean it) and back away from supporting proxies.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
Imagine Roger Federer forswearing Wimbledon.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
And the United States would accept and be prepared to recognize the current Iranian government, forswearing attempts at regime change.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
The logic to this argument is that a democratic and pro-Western Iran would forswear nuclear weapons (and mean it) and back away from supporting proxies.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
Imagine Roger Federer forswearing Wimbledon.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forswear
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Rather than coddle terrorists, all concerned parties should work to remove Hamas and establish a governing authority in Gaza—whether indigenous or imposed—that poses no threat to anyone, renounces terrorism, and seeks to live in peace.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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Ray plead guilty to King’s murder, but later renounced that plea and maintained his innocence until his death in 1998.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
22 July 2025
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Unlike the Biden administration, Trump officials have not fought in the courts to preserve SAVE, and recently, Congress repealed the plan altogether.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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Amending or repealing the 22nd Amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of Congress as well as ratification by at least 38 state legislatures—a process considered extremely difficult.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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“Forswear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forswear. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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