حَنِثَ فِى يَمِينِهِ
1.
, (S, A, Msb, K, *) aorist
حَنَثَ
, (Msb, K,) verbal noun حِنْثٌ (S, * A, Msb, K *) and حَنَثٌ, (TA,) He violated, or broke, or failed of performing, his oath: (A, Msb, K, TA:) he was untrue in his oath: (S, TA:) he committed a sin, or crime, in his oath. (TA.) Also He retracted, or revoked, his oath. (TA.)
2.
And the verb alone, He said what was not true. (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, TA.)
3.
He inclined from what was false to what was true: or from what was true to what was false. (K.)
4.
[And apparently (assumed tropical:) He committed a sin, or crime: a meaning which seems to be indicated in the K: see حِنْثٌ, below.]