abjure
21abjure — /əbˈdʒuə/ (say uhb joohuh) verb (t) (abjured, abjuring) 1. to renounce or retract; repudiate, especially with solemnity: *she found herself reading to the postponement of some duty and was so shocked that from that day she abjured reading –miles… …
22abjure the realm — (historical) To swear an oath to leave a country and never return • • • Main Entry: ↑abjure * * * historical swear an oath to leave a country or realm forever …
23Abjure the realm — Permanent exile. The sentence to leave the kingdom was applied to many who had sought *sanctuary. Once the 40 days sanctuary was over, a criminal was given the chance to abjure the realm. The guilty person was assigned a port to leave the kingdom …
24abjure, adjure — These look alikes are often confused but can be kept straight by concentrating on their prefixes. Ab , a formal element occurring in loan words from Latin, means away from. Abjure suggests putting aside, renouncing, repudiating, giving up. Ad… …
25abjure the realm — historical swear an oath to leave a country forever. → abjure …
26abjure — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, acknowledge defeat, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, cease, cede, chuck, chuck out, climb down, come off, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert …
27abjure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. forswear, renounce, repudiate. See negation, nullification. Ant., maintain. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. give up, renounce, forswear, recant, retract, disclaim, take back, renege, disavow,… …
28abjure — ab|jure [əbˈdʒuə, æb US ˈdʒur] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: abjurare, from ab away + jurare to swear ] formal to state publicly that you will give up a particular belief or way of behaving = ↑renounce …
29abjure — ab|jure [ æb dʒur ] verb transitive VERY FORMAL to make a public promise to give up something such as a belief or activity ╾ ab|ju|ra|tion [ ,æbdʒu reıʃn ] noun uncount …
30abjure — ab·jure || É™b dÊ’ÊŠÉ™ v. renounce upon oath; deny …
