abjure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    retract; resile; forswear; recant.
    • He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
    • She abjured her beliefs

WordNet

Ab*jure" transitive verb
Etymology
L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See Jury.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Abjured present participle & verbal noun Abjuring
Definitions
  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.
Ab*jure" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet.

Webster 1913