abiurare — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
abiurare is used for these senses in English:
- defy (transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
abjure — full definition
- verb To firmly reject or give up someone or something for good.
- verb To formally give up a belief or opinion by swearing an oath.
- verb To make someone take back a belief or opinion.
- verb (especially in 'abjure the realm') To swear a formal oath to leave a place and never return.
defy — full definition
- verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
- verb To resist or fail to conform to something, as if impossible to overcome.
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