 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abjure
verb: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements
about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {recant},
{forswear}, {retract}, {resile}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abjure \Ab*jure"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare
to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See
{Jury}.]
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to
abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to
swear to abandon it forever.
2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to
abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure
errors. ''Magic I here abjure.'' --Shak.
Syn: See {Renounce}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abjure \Ab*jure"\, verb (used without an object)
To renounce on oath. --Bp. Burnet.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "abjure":
abandon, abdicate, acknowledge defeat, assert the contrary,
back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, cease, cede,
chuck, chuck out, climb down, come off, contemn, contest,
contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross,
cry quits, cut out, decline, deny, desert, desist, desist from,
despise, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard,
disclaim, discontinue, discount, disdain, disgorge, dismiss,
disown, dispense with, dispose of, disprove, dispute, disregard,
disuse, do without, drop, dump, eat crow, eat humble pie, except,
exclude, forgo, forsake, forswear, gainsay, get along without,
get rid of, give away, give over, give up, hand over,
have done with, ignore, impugn, join issue upon, kiss good-bye,
lay down, leave off, let go, make a sacrifice, nol-pros,
not accept, not admit, not pursue with, nullify, oppose, palinode,
part with, pass by, pass up, push aside, put behind one, quit,
quitclaim, rebuff, recall, recant, refuse, refuse to admit,
refuse to consider, refute, reject, relinquish, render up, renege,
renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, resign, retract, revoke,
sacrifice, scout, shove away, spare, spurn, stop, surrender,
swallow, swear off, take back, take issue with, throw away,
throw out, throw up, turn away, turn out, unsay, vacate, waive,
withdraw, yield
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