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abjurer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abjure verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
  • forswear verb To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.

Senses

abjurer is used for these senses in English:

  • forswear (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.

abjure — full definition

  1. verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
  2. verb To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
  3. verb To cause (someone) to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion).
  4. verb Especially in abjure the realm: to swear an oath to leave (a place) forever.

forswear — full definition

  1. verb To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
  2. verb To commit perjury; to break an oath.

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