Synonyms for abjure

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ab-joo r, -jur

Phonetic Transcription : æbˈdʒʊər, -ˈdʒɜr

Définition of abjure

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French abjurer or directly from Latin abiurare "deny on oath," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + iurare "to swear," related to ius (genitive iuris) "law" (see jurist). Related: Abjured; abjuring.

verb give up

Example sentences :

I know it has been a fault of my own, too; but from this moment I abjure it as I would the service of hell!
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

I cannot abjure that world which contains the fondest object that links me to life.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Yet "his blindness was as dense as his hide," and he had refused to abjure his faith.
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various

They then ordered her "to abjure" publicly the various things of which she was accused.
Extract from : « The Story of Rouen » by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook

That was as impossible as to make them abjure by proclamation, their religion.
Extract from : « The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation » by Charles Roger

Her own swain was waiting for her, but not for that would she abjure the quest.
Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown

When Prince Hal comes to the crown he is apt to abjure Falstaff.
Extract from : « Problems of Expansion » by Whitelaw Reid

They were for the most part (p. 297) ladies and gentlemen who had refused to abjure their religion.
Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.

He will then abjure the other King with a mental reservation.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thus, ever in perplexity, I must abjure the theory of Byronic merit.
Extract from : « Browning's Heroines » by Ethel Colburn Mayne

Antonyms for abjure

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