Associations to the word «Abjure»

Wiktionary

ABJURE, verb. (transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABJURE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) (historical) To cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABJURE, verb. (transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABJURE, verb. (transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
ABJURE THE REALM, verb. (chiefly historical) (English legal) To swear to leave the realm as soon as possible and not return without the permission of the sovereign.

Dictionary definition

ABJURE, verb. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras