forsworn
Having lied formally
Forsworn describes someone who has broken an oath or sworn falsely.
The word carries weight from its older legal and moral contexts, where oath-breaking was a serious offense: The knight stood forsworn before his king.
To forswear is to renounce under oath or to perjure oneself; forsworn is its past participle, used as an adjective for the oath-breaker or the broken oath itself.
Criminal courtroom dishonesty
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- renouncedFormally rejected or abandoned
- abandonedLeft behind completely
violated · broken · oath-breaker · disavowed · repudiated · abjured · recanted · faithless
Left behind completely
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- relinquishedGave up possession of
- surrenderedCeased resistance formally
- disclaimedFormally denied responsibility
disowned · cast-off · forsaken · abdicated · withdrawn · repented · reformed · abstained
perjury
Criminal courtroom dishonesty
abandoned · violated · broken · oath-breaker · disavowed · repudiated · abjured · recanted · faithless · treacherous
abandoned
Left behind completely
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- relinquishedGave up possession of
- surrenderedCeased resistance formally
disclaimed · disowned · cast-off · forsaken · abdicated · withdrawn · repented · reformed · abstained · quit
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
courtly · honor · allegiance · fealty · liege · vassal · troth · pledge · covenant · betrayer
- betrayerstraitor, betrayer, backstabber, turncoat, double-crosser
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
forswornfaithful
Consistently loyal and true
true · loyal · true to one's word · steadfast · constant
forswornhonorable
Having high moral standards
honest · noble · upright · trustworthy · true to one's word