abjure
to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.
to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.
to avoid or shun.
Origin of abjure
1Other words from abjure
- ab·jur·a·to·ry, adjective
- ab·jur·er, noun
- non·ab·jur·a·to·ry, adjective
- un·ab·jur·a·to·ry, adjective
- un·ab·jured, adjective
Words that may be confused with abjure
- abjure , adjure
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How to use abjure in a sentence
The detective has told me the truth, and abjured me to tell all I know.
The Diamond Coterie | Lawrence L. LynchThis was what a moment's contact with all that she had so long abjured—purity, order, gentleness—had brought to pass.
Another martyr behaved heroically, only lamenting that his wife abjured, and he saw her dressed as a penitent.
Recollections of a Long Life | John StoughtonShe took in perfection a course which represented everything and covered everything; she utterly abjured all authority.
The Real Thing and Other Tales | Henry JamesSuch factions, therefore, are to be abjured, and the understanding must not allow them to hurry it on to assent.
Novum Organum | Francis Bacon
British Dictionary definitions for abjure
/ (əbˈdʒʊə) /
to renounce or retract, esp formally, solemnly, or under oath
to abstain from or reject
Origin of abjure
1Derived forms of abjure
- abjuration, noun
- abjurer, noun
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