abjure in English dictionary

  • abjure

    Meanings and definitions of "abjure"

    • (ambitransitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
    • (transitive) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete, historical)
      To cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
    • to renounce upon oath
    • to renounce with solemnity
    • To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge.
    • verb
      formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

    Synonyms of "abjure" in English dictionary

    forswear, recant, renounce are the top synonyms of "abjure" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of abjure

    • abjure ( third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)
    • abjure, abjured, abjured, abjures, abjuring
    • abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)
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