Definition of "forswearing" [forswearing]

• Present participle of forswear. (verb)

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• "To him even did I tell my family name, and the shame I had saved it from by forswearing it."
• "Instead, Treasury is trying to negotiate bailouts bank by bank, and behaving as if the banks hold all the cards — contorting the terms of each deal to minimize government ownership while forswearing government influence over bank strategy or operations."
• "Thus the Brotherhood has gone out of its way in recent weeks to appear in the most benign light, making an ally of former IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei and forswearing any immediate political ambitions."