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ab⋅jure

  [ab-joor, -jur]
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–verb (used with object), -jured, -jur⋅ing.
1. to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.
2. to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.
3. to avoid or shun.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L abjūrāre to deny on oath, equiv. to ab- ab- + jūrāre to swear; see jury 1

Related forms:
ab⋅jur⋅a⋅to⋅ry, adjective
ab⋅jur⋅er, noun
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ab·jure   (āb-jŏŏr')   
tr.v.   ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures

  1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate: "For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain 'Mr.'" (Time).

  2. To renounce under oath; forswear.


[Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abiūrāre : ab-, away; see ab-1 + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]
ab'ju·ra'tion n., ab·jur'er n.
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Word Origin & History

abjure 
1430, from M.Fr. abjurer, from L. abjurare "deny on oath," from ab- "away" + jurare "to swear," related to jus (gen. juris) "law" (see jurist).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ab·jure
Pronunciation: ab-'jur, &b-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ab·jured; ab·jur·ing
Etymology: Latin abjurare, from ab- off + jurare to swear
: RENOUNCE; specifically : to disclaim formally or renounce upon oath abjures his allegiance to his former country> —ab·ju·ra·tion /"ab-j&-'rA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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