foreswear

• Устаревший или архаичный глагол, означающий лжесвидетельствовать, давать ложную клятву или отрекаться от чего-либо под присягой.

An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to swear falsely, to perjure oneself, or to renounce something under oath.

irregular verb

1. Renounce or give upC1formal

   To voluntarily stop doing, using, or having something; to do without.

   Отречься

   • He foreswore all forms of gambling after his losses.
   • The monk foreswore worldly possessions.
   • She foreswore her claim to the inheritance.

   Synonymsabdicateabjurecedeforgorelinquishrenouncewaiveyield

   Antonymsacceptadoptallowcontinueembraceindulgekeepmaintainpermitretain

2. Abandon or rejectC1formal

   To turn away from a belief, practice, or way of life; to give up entirely.

   Отречься

   • The politician foreswore his former party allegiance.
   • They foreswore violence and embraced peaceful protest.
   • He foreswore his old habits and started a new life.

   Synonymsabandonabjuredisavoweschewforgorejectrelinquishrenouncerepudiate

   Antonymsacceptadoptembraceespouseuphold