afzweren — meaning in English

English meaning

• abjure verb To firmly reject or give up someone or something for good.
• abnegate verb To give up something, such as a right or privilege, often as an act of self-denial.
• defy verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
• forswear verb To promise formally to give something up or say it is not true.
• renege verb To break a promise or go back on an agreement.

Senses

afzweren is used for these senses in English:

• abjure (historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw. [from 15th c.]
• abjure To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate. [from 15th c.]
• abnegate (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
• defy (transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
• forswear (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
• renege (transitive, archaic) To deny; to renounce

abjure — full definition

1. verb To firmly reject or give up someone or something for good.
2. verb To formally give up a belief or opinion by swearing an oath.
3. verb To make someone take back a belief or opinion.
4. verb (especially in 'abjure the realm') To swear a formal oath to leave a place and never return.

abnegate — full definition

1. verb To give up something, such as a right or privilege, often as an act of self-denial.
2. verb To let go of something completely, handing it over or giving it up for good.

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