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Forswearing group full of English hypocrisy (9)

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I believe the answer is:

recanting

'forswearing' is the definition.
('recant' can be a synonym of 'forswear')

'group full of english hypocrisy' is the wordplay.
'group' becomes 'ring' (a ring is a criminal organisation).
'full of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'hypocrisy' becomes 'cant' (I've seen this before).
'e'+'cant'='ecant'
'ring' enclosing 'ecant' is 'RECANTING'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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