1) Abjure 2) Deny 3) Recant 4) Renounce 5) Retract 6) Shun 1) Abjure 2) Exclusively Saxon word 3) Exclusively Anglo word 4) Recant 5) Renounce 6) Renounce firmly 7) Repudiate 8) Resile 9) Retract 10) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 11) Word of purely Anglo origin 
• (v. i.) To deny upon oath. • (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. • (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
For·swear' intransitive verb To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak. For·swear' transitive verb [ imperfect Forswore ; past participle Forsworn ; present participle & verbal noun Forswearing .] [ Middle English forsweren , forswerien , Anglo-Saxon forswe...
renounce disallow repudiateÂ