abjure
Meaning of abjure
verb
- solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim).
MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance
late Middle English: from Latin abjurare, from ab- ‘away’ + jurare ‘swear’.
Information about abjure
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of abjure is: abjures.
- Languages in which abjure is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of abjure
ab-jure
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- abjure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
abjure synonyms
Meaning recant:
recant, forswear, retract, resile
Meaning formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession):
Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:
Meaning dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty:
Meaning go without (something desirable):
Meaning deny any responsibility or support for:
Meaning give up completely (a practice or a course of action):
Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:
Meaning deny or contradict (a fact or statement):
Meaning renounce a legal claim to (a property or title):
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
Meaning renounce or reject (something desired or valuable):
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning deliberately avoid using; abstain from:
Meaning strike or propel forcibly with the foot:
Meaning repudiate; declare void:
Meaning abandon or leave:
Translation of abjure
- Spanish: renunciar, rehusar, rechazar, negar, abjurar
- German: verleugnen
- Italian: rinnegare
- French: désavouer, renier, abjurer
Words that rhyme with abjure
jure, objure, adjure, conjure, disconjure, injure, preinjure, reinjure, upconjure, perjure, Yurujure
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