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- DictionaryAb·jure/abˈjo͝or/
verb
- 1. solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim): formal "his refusal to abjure the Catholic faith"
to say formally or publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving: He abjured his religion /his life of dissipation. Synonyms. forswear formal. recant formal. retract formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Refusing & rejecting. abjuration. abnegate. abnegation. bar. bat something/someone away. decline. demur.
Abjure means to swear off, and it applies to something you once believed. You can abjure a religious faith, you can abjure your love of another person, and you can abjure the practice of using excessive force in interrogation. Abjure is a more dramatic way to declare your rejection of something you once felt or believed.
1. to repudiate or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant. 2. to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance to a country. 3. to refrain from; avoid. [1400–50; < Latin abjūrāre to deny on oath = ab- ab - + jūrāre to swear; see jury 1] ab•jur′a•to`ry, adj. ab•jur′er, n.
5 days ago · abjure in American English. (æbˈdʒur, -ˈdʒɜːr) transitive verb Word forms: -jured, -juring. 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.
Mar 20, 2024 · ( transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] [2] To abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever). ( transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] [2]
To give up (opinions) publicly; recant. Webster's New World. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] To abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever). Wiktionary. More Verb Definitions (2) Synonyms: resile. forswear. retract. recant. spurn. revoke. reject. repudiate
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ab‧jure /əbˈdʒʊə, æb- $ -ˈdʒʊr/ verb [ transitive] formal to state publicly that you will give up a particular belief or way of behaving SYN renounce → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus abjure • She can not abjure, give up, control the force by which she is possessed.
