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also foreswear
as in to renounce
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
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Saudi Arabia has also hedged its bets, refusing to forswear enrichment or reprocessing and maintaining an outdated arrangement with the International Atomic Energy Agency that limits the access of international inspectors.
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Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2022
By the way, what the Russians are insisting on is that Ukraine forswears NATO membership forever.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
The Bruce Wayne of this universe has forsworn being Batman in an attempt to find a better work-life balance.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 13 Jan. 2025
And the United States would accept and be prepared to recognize the current Iranian government, forswearing attempts at regime change.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
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Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2022
By the way, what the Russians are insisting on is that Ukraine forswears NATO membership forever.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
The Bruce Wayne of this universe has forsworn being Batman in an attempt to find a better work-life balance.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 13 Jan. 2025
And the United States would accept and be prepared to recognize the current Iranian government, forswearing attempts at regime change.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Forswear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forswear. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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