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v. 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).

v. To renounce under oath; forswear.

v. To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.

v. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

v. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate.

verb-intransitive. To renounce on oath.

To renounce upon oath; forswear; withdraw formally from: as, to abjure allegiance to a prince.

To renounce or repudiate; abandon; retract; especially, to renounce or retract with solemnity: as, to abjure one's errors or wrong practices.

To take an oath of abjuration.

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

"These are the very people Orwell was describing, who 'abjure' violence and are not even aware that they are kept safe by 'rough men' ready to do violence on their behalf."

abjured    abjures    abjuring   

repudiate    disown    renounce   

disclaim    to abjure the realm   

renounce    recant    reject    repudiate   

disclaim    perjurer    annul    countermand    rescission    church-school    bus'ness    barricading    sold-out    unchaperoned