forsworn
adjective
for·sworn
fȯr-ˈswȯrn 
variants
or less commonly foresworn
1
: guilty of perjury
2
: marked by perjury
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Other offshoots in Turkey and Tunisia have forsworn violence and come to power by democratic means.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Although Khan was released from detention on the Supreme Court’s orders and is free, almost the entire leadership of his party has been detained, and many of its luminaries have since quit and forsworn politics.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2023
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Although Khan was released from detention on the Supreme Court’s orders and is free, almost the entire leadership of his party has been detained, and many of its luminaries have since quit and forsworn politics.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2023
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“Forsworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forsworn. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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