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- abjure
abjure
Definition:
give up a previously held belief
Synonym:
renounce
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ab·jure
(
b-j
r
)
tr.v.
ab·jured , ab·jur·ing , ab·jures
1. To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. To recant solemnly; repudiate:
abjure one's beliefs.
3. To give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from:
Time.
[Middle English
abjuren
, from Old French
abjurer
, from Latin
abi
r
re
:
ab-
,
away
; see ab-
1
+
i
r
re
,
to swear
; see
yewes-
in Indo-European roots].
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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away
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