verb
- formally renounces or rejects (a belief, cause, or claim) under oath
Usage: formal; legal contexts
Examples
- The former cult member abjures his previous beliefs.
- She abjures all claims to the inheritance.
- The witness abjures his earlier testimony.
- He publicly abjures violence as a means of protest.
- The defendant abjures any involvement in the crime.
- The politician abjures his former party affiliation.