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What is another word for abjures?

Pronunciation: [ɐbd͡ʒjˈʊ͡əz] (IPA)

Abjure is a verb that means to solemnly renounce, abandon, or relinquish a belief, cause, or claim. Some synonyms for abjure include repudiate, disavow, forswear, reject, relinquish, denounce, and disown. The word abjure can often be found being used in a legal context, as in "he abjured his citizenship." When someone abjures something, it typically means they are making a serious commitment to never do or believe it again. Other words that convey a similar meaning include forsake, give up, eschew, and renounce, all of which imply a strong sense of deliberately severing ties with something.
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Thou hast robbed me of her who was all the world to me-and, be thine excuses what they may, I hate thee with a hate that cannot slumber-that abjures the abject name of remorse!
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
And thereupon, this man, Galileo Galilei, of the age of seventy, on his knees, with his hands on the Gospels, abjures his opinion.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke
The child shares this inexplicable pleasure with the sage, and the stern man who should condemn it would not therefore be the wiser, for he who wholly abjures folly is a fool all the more certainly the less he fancies himself one.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers

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