Usually means: Renounce or give up something.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. foreswear: Merriam-Webster
  2. foreswear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. foreswear: Collins English Dictionary
  4. foreswear: Vocabulary.com
  5. foreswear: Wordnik
  6. foreswear: Wiktionary
  7. foreswear: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. foreswear: Dictionary.com
  9. foreswear: Rhymezone
  10. foreswear: FreeDictionary.org
  11. foreswear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. foreswear: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foreswear: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foreswear: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Foreswear)

▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of forswear [(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.]

Similar:
renounce, relinquish, waive, quit, forgo, dispense with, forswear, sweare, counterswear, abjure, more...

Opposite:
affirm, confirm, ratify

Types:
abjure, renounce, recant, revoke, retract, more...

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Similar:
renounce, relinquish, waive, quit, forgo, dispense with, forswear, sweare, counterswear, abjure, more...

Opposite:
affirm, confirm, ratify

Types:
abjure, renounce, recant, revoke, retract, more...



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