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abjure
verb
(ab-jure)
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Synonyms:
forswear
,
recant
,
resile
,
retract
,
Examples:
She abjured her beliefs.
Words Related to
abjure
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forswear
,
recant
,
retract
,
renounce
,
foreswear
,
abandon
,
reject
,
surrender
,
forego
,
forgo
,
dispense
,
relinquish
,
quit
,
waive
,
forsake
,
disavow
,
repudiate
,
eschew
,
avow
,
shun
,
abdicate
,
abhor
,
accede
,
acquiesce
,
abrogate
,
abominate
,
derogate
,
accept
,
abstain
,
spurn
,
repent
,
resiling
,
proselytise
,
indulge
,
communalise
,
confabulate
,
soever
,
forswornness
,
espouse
,
sermonise
,
softheaded
,
propitiate
,
proscribe
,
secularise
,
forswearer
,
disarm
,
temporize
,
whosoever
,
introspect
,
reprove
,
behove
,
condemn
,
dissimulate
,
rusticate
,
backbite
,
moralize
,
betoken
,
circumscribe
,
sanctifies
,
countenanced
,
propounding
,
imbibe
,
supplicate
,
doeth
,
romanticise
,
extirpate
,
presupposes
,
extenuate
,
adhere
,
balkanise
,
peradventure
,
disbelieve
,
reciprocate
,
demur
,
relativize
,
desisting
,
sheathe
,
arrogate
,
disprofess
,
expatiate
,
reifying
,
befool
,
derecognise
,
emancipate
,
abet
,
abnegator
,
legitimating
,
genuflect
,
abrenunciation
,
retrogress
,
sermonize
,
inhere
,
fructified
,
lobotomize
,
refrain
,
spoonfeed
,
traduce
,
channelize
,
wherewith
,
dost
,
abjure
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