English edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

forswearing

  1. present participle and gerund of forswear

Noun edit

forswearing (plural forswearings)

  1. The act of one who forswears.
    • 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):
      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 []