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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

All his life he was given to intense periods of noodling, forswearing meals, sleeping at his desk, testing and retesting his ideas, and shepherding his favored brainchildren to manufacture, marketability and profit.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019

‘Spare yourself the trouble of forswearing yourself and racking your brains to stifle truth with falsehood,’ I coldly replied.

From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Brontë, Anne

forswearing

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