abjured
past simple and past participle ofabjure
abjure
verb[T]
formaluk/əbˈdʒʊər/us/əbˈdʒʊr/to sayformallyorpubliclythat you nolongeragreewith abeliefor way ofbehaving:
He abjured hisreligion/hislifeofdissipation.
Synonyms
forswearformal
recantformal
retractformal
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- bar
- batsomething/someoneaway
- blow(something)out
- brush
- disown
- jettison
- miss a chance/opportunityidiom
- opt out
- punt onsomething
- quit
- quit onsomeone
- react
- react againstsomething
- rebuff
- repudiate
- resistant
- spurn
- turnyournose upidiom
Examplesofabjured
abjured
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
And yet sheabjuredself-indulgence, being ever-attentive and subservient to the needs of her family.
From theCambridge English Corpus
By 1530 he hadabjuredhis clerical status to marry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We haveabjuredthe use of force.
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However, that is what they haveabjured.
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The assumption is that he had attained citizenship, either through marriage or through naturalization, and at that point may have beenabjuredfrom returning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The guest agreed tacitly to take an oath of truce and symbolicallyabjuredall vengeance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Morenoabjuredrelations with the others and shut himself in his home.
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- go-haywire
- go hog wild
- go-hog-wild
- GOI
- go in
- go-in
- go-in-for
- go in for something
- go in for sth
- go-in-for-sth
- going
- going about
- going-about
- going away
- going-away
- going concern
- going-concern
- going forward
- going-forward
- going on
- going-on
- going-out-of-business sale
- going-out-of-business-sale
- going-over