forswear

1. V-T If you forswear something, you promise that you will stop doing it, having it, or using it. 發(fā)誓放棄[FORMAL, LITERARY]

The party was offered a share of government if it forswore violence. 若發(fā)誓停用暴力，這個(gè)政黨即可得到部分行政權(quán)。