Abjure
verb
To officially say or show that you no longer believe in or support something.
She abjured her religion and converted to Christianity.
Often appears as...
- abjure a belief
- abjure allegiance
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To refuse or avoid something, especially in an official way.
He abjured any attempts to interfere in his work.
Often appears as...
- abjure responsibility
- abjure violence
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To give up a right or a claim in a formal or official way.
In exchange for his freedom, he was forced to abjure any legal claims to his property.
Often appears as...
- abjure a right
- abjure a claim
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Legal
verb
To officially say or show that you no longer believe in or support something.
She abjured her religion and converted to Christianity.
Often appears as...
- abjure a belief
- abjure allegiance
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To refuse or avoid something, especially in an official way.
He abjured any attempts to interfere in his work.
Often appears as...
- abjure responsibility
- abjure violence
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To give up a right or a claim in a formal or official way.
In exchange for his freedom, he was forced to abjure any legal claims to his property.
Often appears as...
- abjure a right
- abjure a claim
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Rejection
Using 'abjure' conveys a powerful distancing from a belief or principle, often implying regret or error in the past.
After witnessing the consequences, he abjured his former support for the policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Statement
'Abjure' usually involves a public or formal announcement, suggesting a serious and deliberate action.
In front of the assembly, the politician abjured his earlier statements.
Pro Tip 3/3Irreversible Decision
The action of abjuring is often final, indicating a definitive turning away from something with no intention to return.
He solemnly abjured his ties to the organization, never to associate with it again.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Rejection
Using 'abjure' conveys a powerful distancing from a belief or principle, often implying regret or error in the past.
After witnessing the consequences, he abjured his former support for the policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Statement
'Abjure' usually involves a public or formal announcement, suggesting a serious and deliberate action.
In front of the assembly, the politician abjured his earlier statements.
Pro Tip 3/3Irreversible Decision
The action of abjuring is often final, indicating a definitive turning away from something with no intention to return.
He solemnly abjured his ties to the organization, never to associate with it again.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Rejection
Using 'abjure' conveys a powerful distancing from a belief or principle, often implying regret or error in the past.
After witnessing the consequences, he abjured his former support for the policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Statement
'Abjure' usually involves a public or formal announcement, suggesting a serious and deliberate action.
In front of the assembly, the politician abjured his earlier statements.
Pro Tip 3/3Irreversible Decision
The action of abjuring is often final, indicating a definitive turning away from something with no intention to return.
He solemnly abjured his ties to the organization, never to associate with it again.
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Quote examples
Louis D. Brandeis
American Judge
When those of Jewish blood exhibit moral or intellectual superiority, genius or special talent, we feel pride in them, even if they have abjured the faith like Spinoza, Marx, Disraeli or Heine. Despite the meditations of pundits or the decrees of council, our own instincts and acts, and those of others, have defined for us the term 'Jew.
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Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships.
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Dayananda Saraswati
Indian Leader
I love to follow truth; nay, I have made it my duty to persuade others to act on truth and abjure falsehood for the sake of their own good. So, the eradication of iniquities is the object of my life.
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Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various Positions' - and let your mind cool down. Soon you'll forget there's a word called 'stress.
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Ram Nath Kovind
Indian Politician
Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard public property and to abjure violence.
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Jaggi Vasudev
Indian Author
When you stop people from doing certain things, there is a good chance that they will do exactly what they have been told to abjure. That is how human nature is.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
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Louis D. Brandeis
American Judge
When those of Jewish blood exhibit moral or intellectual superiority, genius or special talent, we feel pride in them, even if they have abjured the faith like Spinoza, Marx, Disraeli or Heine. Despite the meditations of pundits or the decrees of council, our own instincts and acts, and those of others, have defined for us the term 'Jew.
Quote examples
Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships.
Quote examples
Dayananda Saraswati
Indian Leader
I love to follow truth; nay, I have made it my duty to persuade others to act on truth and abjure falsehood for the sake of their own good. So, the eradication of iniquities is the object of my life.
Quote examples
Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various Positions' - and let your mind cool down. Soon you'll forget there's a word called 'stress.
Quote examples
Ram Nath Kovind
Indian Politician
Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard public property and to abjure violence.
Quote examples
Jaggi Vasudev
Indian Author
When you stop people from doing certain things, there is a good chance that they will do exactly what they have been told to abjure. That is how human nature is.
Quote examples
Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
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