abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; “He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”; “She abjured her beliefs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)
(transitive) to renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive, obsolete, historical) to cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive) to reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive) to abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
• (to renounce upon oath): disavow, forswear, renounce; See also repudiate or recant
• (to cause one to renounce or recant)
• (to reject with solemnity): disclaim, repudiate
• (to abstain from): avoid, shun; See also avoid
• Juarbe
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*jure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Abjuring.] Etym: [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See Jury.]
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. "Magic I here abjure." Shak.
Syn.
– See Renounce.
Ab*jure", v. i.
Definition: To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
