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abjure

[ ab-joor, -jur ]

verb (used with object)

, ab·jured, ab·jur·ing.
  1. to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially 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.


abjure

/ əbˈdʒʊə /

verb

  1. to renounce or retract, esp formally, solemnly, or under oath
  2. to abstain from or reject


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Derived Forms

  • ˌabjuˈration, noun
  • abˈjurer, noun

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Other Words From

  • 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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abjure1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin abjūrāre to deny on oath, equivalent to ab- ab- + jūrāre to swear; jury 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abjure1

C15: from Old French abjurer or Latin abjurāre to deny on oath

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Example Sentences

He's been forced to abjure his most important achievement as governor, his healthcare plan.

Haqqani invests great hope that a decision by Pakistan's military to abjure politics may correct these trends.

To persuade Iran to abjure weapons, the United States will have to make some kind of deal.

Mary treated her conspicuously as a sister; she refused, however, to abjure her Protestantism.

He was required to recant, to abjure the doctrines he had taught; not in private, but publicly before the world.

Two years later, Rosimont died suddenly without having had time to abjure his errors.

She did not, indeed, require Anjou to abjure his faith, but her demands virtually involved this.

No, my fair Olivia, let us never abjure love: even when the reign of beauty passes away, that of grace and sentiment remains.

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