English Explanatory Dictionary

abjure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
  2. To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
  3. To cause (someone) to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion).
  4. Especially in abjure the realm: to swear an oath to leave (a place) forever.
  5. To cause or compel (someone) to leave a place forever; to banish.
  6. To solemnly reject; to abandon forever.
  7. To recant or retract a heresy on oath.
  8. To swear an oath to leave a place forever.

Pronunciation

/əbˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ /əbˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)/ /æbˈd͡ʒʊ(ə)ɹ/ /əb-/ en-us-abjure.ogg en-ca-abjure.ogg

Word forms

abjure abjures abjuring abjured no-table-tags glossary abjurest abjuredst abjureth

Etymology

From Late Middle English abjuren (“to give up (something); to recant or renounce (something) under oath”), from Anglo-Norman abjurer, Middle French abiurer, abjurer, and Old French abjurer (“to reject or renounce (something) on oath”) (modern French abjurer), and from their etymon Latin abiūrāre, the present active infinitive of abiūrō (“to deny on oath, recant, renounce, repudiate, abjure”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from, from’) + iūro (“to take an oath, swear, vow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“(adjective) right; straight; upright; (noun) justice; law; right”).

Synonyms

renounce abjure deny disavow disclaim disown forsay forswear repudiate wash one's hands of backpedal eat one's words recall recant retract revoke swallow take back unsay unspeak walk back withcall withdraw

Related words

abjuration adjure

Derived words

abjuratory abjured abjurement abjurer abjure the realm abjuring

Translations

Bulgarian: отхвъ́рлям Bulgarian: отка́звам се Catalan: abjurar Dutch: (aan) verzaken Dutch: afzweren Dutch: herroepen Finnish: hylätä Finnish: kieltää French: abjurer German: abschwören Italian: abiurare Polish: wyrzec się Polish: wyrzekać się Portuguese: abjurar Russian: отка́зываться Russian: отказа́ться Russian: торже́ственно отрека́ться Spanish: abjurar
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