Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /æbˈdʒʊɹ/
abjure (abjures, present participle abjuring; past and past participle abjured)
- (transitive) to renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:
- adore then the terrestrial influences, and abjure Mahomet.
- To abjure allegiance to a prince.
- To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).
- 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:
- (transitive, obsolete, historical) to cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (transitive) to reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- To abjure errors.
- (transitive) to abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
- (to renounce upon oath) disavow, forswear, renounce; See also Thesaurus:repudiate or Thesaurus:recant
- (to cause one to renounce or recant)
- (to reject with solemnity) disclaim, repudiate
- (to abstain from) avoid, shun; See also Thesaurus:avoid
- French: abjurer
- German: (with dative) abschwören
- Italian: abiurare
- Portuguese: abjurar
- Russian: отка́зываться
- Spanish: abjurar
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