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
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
