forswearing
noun
- perjury
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From Middle English forswerynge; equivalent to for- + swearing.
- The act of one who forswears.
“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 […]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English forswerynge; equivalent to for- + swearing.
- present participle and gerund of forswear