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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. do without or cease to hold or adhere to;
- Example: "We are dispensing with formalities"
- Example: "relinquish the old ideas"
[syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with]

2. turn away from; give up;
- Example: "I am foreswearing women forever"
[syn: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foreswear
    v 1: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are
         dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
         [syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego,
         foreswear, dispense with]
    2: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
       [syn: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish]