verb
- past tense of abjure; formally renounced or rejected (a belief, cause, or claim)
Usage: formal
Examples
- The former extremist abjured his radical beliefs.
- She abjured her claim to the inheritance.
- The witness abjured his previous testimony under oath.
- He abjured violence as a means of protest.
- The politician abjured his earlier controversial statements.
- The convert abjured his former faith.