abjure
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abjured, past tense; abjured, past participle; abjures, 3rd person singular present; abjuring, present participle;
/abˈjo͝or/,
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abjured, past tense; abjured, past participle; abjures, 3rd person singular present; abjuring, present participle;
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Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
- - his refusal to abjure the Catholic faith
Web Definitions:
- formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
- Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. It comes from the Latin abjurare, "to forswear").
- To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate
- (v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the president abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)
- (also here) – to renounce under oath; forswear (also here)
- To give up or renounce, often under oath; to abstain from.
- (v) to renounce (give up or put aside voluntarily) solemnly, esp. by formal declaration
- to promise to give up