ABJURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does abjure mean? • ABJURE (verb)
The verb ABJURE has 1 sense:
1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Familiarity information: ABJURE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABJURE (verb)
Meaning:
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
abjure; forswear; recant; retract; resile
Context examples:
He retracted his earlier statements about his religion / She abjured her beliefs
Hypernyms (to "abjure" is one way to...):
renounce; repudiate (cast off or disown)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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