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forswearing

NOUN
credibility gap
Synonyms
WEAK
discrepancy disparity doubtfulness inconsistency perjury question unreliability untrustworthiness untruthfulness
NOUN
denial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disapproval rebuttal rejection repudiation retraction veto
STRONG
adjuration brush-off contradiction declination disavowal disclaimer disproof dissent nay negation negative nix nonacceptance prohibition protestation rebuff refutal refutation renouncement renunciation repulse turndown
WEAK
abstaining cold shoulder controversion disallowance dismissing gainsaying noncommittal refraining refusing rejecting renegement repudiating statement abnegation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allowance approval confirmation ratification sanction
STRONG
agreement permission
WEAK
affirmation avowal claim corroboration vouching
NOUN
palinode
Synonyms
WEAK
abjuration abnegation about-face abrogation annulment backpedaling backtracking contradiction contraversion denial disavowal disclaimer disowning gainsaying nullification recall recantation reneging renouncing repudiation retractation reversal revocation unsaying volte-face withdrawal
NOUN
quitclaim
Synonyms
STRONG
abandonment abjuration abnegation abstention cancellation denial disavowal disclaimer rebuff refusal relinquishment remission renouncement renunciation repeal repudiation resignation sacrifice self-abnegation self-denial self-sacrifice surrender veto waiver yielding
WEAK
demission eschewal eschewing forbearing giving up spurning
Antonyms
STRONG
OK agreement allowance approval claim permission ratification sanction
NOUN
recantation
Synonyms
STRONG
abjuration abnegation about-face abrogation annulment contradiction denial disavowal disclaimer disowning nullification recall repudiation reversal revocation volte-face withdrawal
WEAK
backpedaling backtracking contraversion gainsaying palinode reneging renouncing retractation unsaying
Antonyms
STRONG
agreement approval confirmation corroboration restoration
NOUN
relinquishment
Synonyms
STRONG
abandonment abjuration abnegation abstention cancellation denial disavowal disclaimer quitclaim rebuff remission renouncement renunciation repeal repudiation resignation sacrifice self-abnegation self-denial self-sacrifice surrender veto waiver yielding
WEAK
demission eschewal eschewing forbearing giving up spurning
Antonyms
STRONG
agreement allowance approval claim permission ratification sanction
NOUN
renunciation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disavowal repudiation
STRONG
abdication abjuration abnegation abstention cancellation denial disclaimer rebuff refusal relinquishment remission renouncement repeal resignation sacrifice self-abnegation self-denial self-sacrifice surrender veto waiver yielding
WEAK
eschewal eschewing forbearing giving up spurning
Antonyms
STRONG
OK agreement allowance approval claim permission sanction
WEAK
condonement
NOUN
retractation
Synonyms
WEAK
abjuration abnegation about-face abrogation annulment backpedaling backtracking contradiction contraversion denial disavowal disclaimer disowning gainsaying nullification palinode recall recantation reneging renouncing repudiation reversal revocation unsaying volte-face withdrawal
NOUN
retraction
Synonyms
STRONGEST
annulment denial disavowal disclaimer repudiation reversal
STRONG
abjuration abnegation about-face abrogation contradiction disowning nullification recall revocation volte-face withdrawal
WEAK
backpedaling backtracking contraversion gainsaying reneging renouncing unsaying
Antonyms
WEAK
confirmation corroboration reaffirmation
NOUN
traversal
Synonyms
STRONG
abnegation adjuration brush-off contradiction declination disaffirmation disapproval disavowal disclaimer disproof dissent nay negation negative nix nonacceptance prohibition protestation rebuff rebuttal refutal refutation rejection renouncement renunciation repudiation repulse retraction statement turndown veto
WEAK
abstaining cold shoulder controversion disaffirmance disallowance dismissing gainsaying noncommittal refraining refusing rejecting renegement repudiating
Antonyms
STRONG
OK acceptance agreement allowance approval confirmation corroboration endorsement permission ratification sanction

Example Sentences

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It’s as if by forswearing the evanescent experience of real-life performing, Glenn Gould gave himself eternal fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

For Foley, who months earlier had pleaded with Attorney General William Barr to pursue justice by forswearing the death penalty, the fact the case was proceeding at all felt miraculous.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2020

Let’s instead assume that this really does bother her and at the same time that forswearing garlic forever would be a serious burden for you.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2020

Hurd, who is not forswearing public life, insists, “I’m just getting started.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019

Then, whoever of us would be saved, must needs begin by forswearing, altogether, both the language and the actions of his fellow-men.

From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Arnold, Thomas