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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
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.
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Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
Imagine Roger Federer forswearing Wimbledon.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Saudi Arabia has also hedged its bets, refusing to forswear enrichment or reprocessing and maintaining an outdated arrangement with the International Atomic Energy Agency that limits the access of international inspectors.
—Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2022
By the way, what the Russians are insisting on is that Ukraine forswears NATO membership forever.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
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Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
Imagine Roger Federer forswearing Wimbledon.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Saudi Arabia has also hedged its bets, refusing to forswear enrichment or reprocessing and maintaining an outdated arrangement with the International Atomic Energy Agency that limits the access of international inspectors.
—Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2022
By the way, what the Russians are insisting on is that Ukraine forswears NATO membership forever.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forswear
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Eventually, in 2019, the Business Round Table realized that business based totally on the self-interest of short-term profits was untenable and officially renounced it.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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In this telling, the blood of Christian martyrs facing lions rather than renouncing their faith eventually transformed the Roman empire.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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The question is whether the Trump administration is entitled to repeal a rule that was upheld specifically by the Supreme Court and therefore subject to precedent, said Patrick Parenteau, an emeritus professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School who has handled endangered species cases.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2025
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As President Donald Trump pushes to repeal several clean air and water regulations, the ALA has warned that this could deal a severe blow to U.S. public health.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Forswear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forswear. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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