abjure

abjure

repudiate, recant, or retract; to renounce under oath, forswear: abjure allegiance; abjure a confession
Not to be confused with:adjure – to charge or command earnestly, often under the threat of a penalty; to entreat solemnly: to adjure the witness to tell the truth

ab·jure

A0016500 (ăb-jo͝or′)tr.v. ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures 1. 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).2. To renounce under oath; forswear.

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[Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abiūrāre : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab′ju·ra′tion n.ab·jur′er n.

abjure

(əbˈdʒʊə) vb (tr) 1. to renounce or retract, esp formally, solemnly, or under oath2. to abstain from or reject[C15: from Old French abjurer or Latin abjurāre to deny on oath] ˌabjuˈration n abˈjurer n

ab•jure

(æbˈdʒʊər, -ˈdʒɜr)

v.t. -jured, -jur•ing. 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 jury¹] ab•jur′a•to`ry, adj. ab•jur′er, n.

abjure

Past participle: abjured
Gerund: abjuring

Imperative
abjure
abjure

Present
I abjure
you abjure
he/she/it abjures
we abjure
you abjure
they abjure

Preterite
I abjured
you abjured
he/she/it abjured
we abjured
you abjured
they abjured

Present Continuous
I am abjuring
you are abjuring
he/she/it is abjuring
we are abjuring
you are abjuring
they are abjuring

Present Perfect
I have abjured
you have abjured
he/she/it has abjured
we have abjured
you have abjured
they have abjured

Past Continuous
I was abjuring
you were abjuring
he/she/it was abjuring
we were abjuring
you were abjuring
they were abjuring

Past Perfect
I had abjured
you had abjured
he/she/it had abjured
we had abjured
you had abjured
they had abjured

Future
I will abjure
you will abjure
he/she/it will abjure
we will abjure
you will abjure
they will abjure

Future Perfect
I will have abjured
you will have abjured
he/she/it will have abjured
we will have abjured
you will have abjured
they will have abjured

Future Continuous
I will be abjuring
you will be abjuring
he/she/it will be abjuring
we will be abjuring
you will be abjuring
they will be abjuring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been abjuring
you have been abjuring
he/she/it has been abjuring
we have been abjuring
you have been abjuring
they have been abjuring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been abjuring
you will have been abjuring
he/she/it will have been abjuring
we will have been abjuring
you will have been abjuring
they will have been abjuring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been abjuring
you had been abjuring
he/she/it had been abjuring
we had been abjuring
you had been abjuring
they had been abjuring

Conditional
I would abjure
you would abjure
he/she/it would abjure
we would abjure
you would abjure
they would abjure

Past Conditional
I would have abjured
you would have abjured
he/she/it would have abjured
we would have abjured
you would have abjured
they would have abjured

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

abjure - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"forswear, recant, retract, resilerepudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

abjure

verb1. give up, deny, reject, abandon, relinquish, renounce, throw off, forsake, retract, disown, renege on, disavow, recant, disclaim, forswear, wash your hands of, abnegate He abjured the Protestant faith in 1594.2. refrain from, avoid, eschew, abstain from, abnegate countries whose officials abjure bribery

abjure

verbTo disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally:recall, recant, retract, take back, withdraw.

Translations

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