forsworn

Forsworn \For*sworn"\,
   p. p. of {Forswear}.
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Forswear \For*swear"\, v. t. [imp. {Forswore}; p. p. {Forsworn};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Forswearing}.] [OE. forsweren, forswerien,
   AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See {For-},
   and {Swear}, v. i.]
   1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce
      earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.
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            I . . . do forswear her.              --Shak.
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   2. To deny upon oath.
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            Like innocence, and as serenely bold
            As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold!
                                                  --Dryden.
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   {To forswear one's self}, to swear falsely; to perjure one's
      self. "Thou shalt not forswear thyself." --Matt. v. 33.

   Syn: See {Perjure}.
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "forsworn":
      abandoned, abjured, artful, calculating, ceded, contemned, crafty,
      deceitful, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised,
      disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dishonest,
      disingenuous, dismissed, disowned, dispensed with, disposed of,
      equivocal, excepted, excluded, falsehearted, forgone, ignored,
      insincere, lying, mendacious, not considered, perjured,
      prevaricating, rebuffed, recanted, refused, rejected, released,
      relinquished, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, retracted,
      sacrificed, scheming, scouted, spurned, surrendered, truthless,
      uncandid, unfrank, unsincere, untruthful, unveracious, waived,
      yielded