verb · transitive · rare

abjure

ab·jure

abjure · abjures · abjured · abjuring

відмовитися назавжди, відмовитися під присягою

отказаться, отказываться, отречься, торжественно отрекаться

abschwören

To solemnly reject; to abandon forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiateTo solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.

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US/æbˈd͡ʒʊ(ə)ɹ/

» I abjure, curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies.

Meaning

8 senses

(formal, transitive)To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
to abjure errors
abschwören
отка́зыватьсяotkázyvatʹsja, отказа́тьсяotkazátʹsja, торже́ственно отрека́тьсяtoržéstvenno otrekátʹsja
відмовитися назавждиvidmovytysja nazavždy
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
(formal, historical, transitive)To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
to abjure allegiance to a prince
abschwören
кля́твенно отрека́тьсяkljátvenno otrekátʹsja, отрека́тьсяotrekátʹsja, отре́чьсяotréčʹsja
відмовитися під присягоюvidmovytysja pid prysjahoju
(formal, historical, transitive)To cause (someone) to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion).
(formal, historical, transitive)Especially in abjure the realm: to swear an oath to leave (a place) forever.
(formal, intransitive)To solemnly reject; to abandon forever.
(formal, historical, intransitive)To recant or retract a heresy on oath.
(formal, historical, intransitive)To swear an oath to leave a place forever.
(formal, historical, obsolete, rare, transitive)To cause or compel (someone) to leave a place forever; to banish.

Examples

3 sentences

I abjure, curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies.
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It was for your sake that I abjured these purposes of vengeance.
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Those who were banished from the country were required to forever abjure their right to return.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

(transitive) to solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; (intransitive) to solemnly reject; to abandon forever — see also disavow, disclaim, repudiate:

to renounce (something) upon oath — see also forswear:

Русский

By meaning 2

(transitive) to solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; (intransitive) to solemnly reject; to abandon forever — see also disavow, disclaim, repudiate:

to renounce (something) upon oath — see also forswear:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

(transitive) to solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; (intransitive) to solemnly reject; to abandon forever — see also disavow, disclaim, repudiate:

Origin

From Late Middle English abjuren (“to give up (something); to recant or renounce (somethin

From Late Middle English abjuren (“to give up (something); to recant or renounce (something) under oath”), from Anglo-Norman abjurer, Middle French abiurer, abjurer, and Old French abjurer (“to reject or renounce (something) on oath”) (modern French abjurer), and from their etymon Latin abiūrāre, the present active infinitive of abiūrō (“to deny on oath, recant, renounce, repudiate, abjure”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from, from’) + iūro (“to take an oath, swear, vow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“(adjective) right; straight; upright; (noun) justice; law; right”).

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