abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath.

ABJURE definition: 1. to say formally or publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving: 2. to…. Learn more.

When you abjure something, you swear it away and dissociate yourself with it. You might abjure the field of astrology after receiving a bad fortune, or you might abjure marriage after a bitter divorce.

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abjure - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it. [ formal ] He abjured the Protestant faith and became King in 1594.

abjure something to promise publicly that you will give up or reject a belief or a way of behaving synonym renounce. Definition of abjure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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Abjure definition: To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate.

abjure: To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate.