avsvära — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
avsvära is used for these senses in English:
abjure — full definition
- verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
- verb To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
- verb To cause (someone) to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion).
- verb Especially in abjure the realm: to swear an oath to leave (a place) forever.
deprecate — full definition
- verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
- verb To belittle, depreciate.
- verb To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
- verb To pray against.