Synonyms of forswearing

forswearing

verb

variants also foreswearing

present participle of forswear

as in renouncing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• renouncing
• withdrawing
• retracting
• denying
• repealing
• abandoning
• abjuring
• contradicting
• relinquishing
• reneging
• refuting
• recanting
• repudiating
• taking back
• abnegating
• forsaking
• disavowing
• spurning
• disclaiming
• unsaying
• disowning
• recalling
• controverting
• negating
• revoking
• disproving
• surrendering
• rebutting
• disagreeing (with)
• disputing
• gainsaying
• negativing
• giving up
• backtracking
• disallowing
• backing down
• backing off
• bolting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintaining
• declaring
• admitting
• claiming
• stating
• asserting
• acknowledging
• adhering (to)
• affirming
• proclaiming
• professing
• contending
• supporting
• defending
• endorsing
• upholding
• confirming
• adopting
• accepting
• backing
• avowing
• vowing
• embracing
• vouching
• espousing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forswearing

Many women did so, forswearing British wares, spinning flax on town greens, and swapping handwritten patriotic verse while drinking herbal-tea substitutes. — Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025