abjuring
present 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
Examplesofabjuring
abjuring
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One might conclude that this partial restoration is a reward forabjuringidolatry and loving responsibly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This policy was not now repudiated, but the presence ofabjuringheretics at the ceremony was itself tangible evidence of a more direct, locally focused approach.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have not managed to trace the slightest record of themabjuringsuch a tactic.
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Byabjuringthe most severe penalty we may be giving up what is to some people a deterrent.
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Thus, he proceeded to pressure several priests and bishops intoabjuringtheir positions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abjuringpriests (jurors) became known as constitutional clergy, and nonjuring priests as refractory clergy.
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- inclining
- include
- included
- included study
- including
- inclusion
- inclusive
- inclusive approach
- inclusive education
- inclusive fitness
- inclusive-fitness
- inclusiveness
- inclusive society
- inclusivity
- incognito
- incoherence
- incoherent
- incoherently
- in cold blood
- in-cold-blood
- income
- income and expenditure account
- income-and-expenditure-account
- income bond
- income-bond