forswearing

forswearing is the present participle and gerund of forswear.

Meaning of forswear

forswear (third-person singular simple present forswears, present participle forswearing, simple past forswore, past participle forsworn)

(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
- We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Synonyms:

abjure, disavow, swear off, deny, disclaim, disown, forsay, renounce, repudiate, wash one's hands of
(intransitive, reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.

Synonyms:

perjure, manswear, misswear

forswearing (plural forswearings)

The act of one who forswears.
- Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)

plural	forswearings

From Middle English forswerynge; equivalent to for- + swearing.

What does forswearing mean?: Forswearing means the act of one who forswears.
What is forswearing the present participle and gerund of?: Forswearing is the present participle and gerund of forswear.
What part of speech is forswearing?: Forswearing is a noun.
What is the plural of forswearing?: The plural of forswearing is forswearings.

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