Definition of abjure in English:

abjure

verb əbˈdʒɔːəbˈdʒʊə

[with object]formal

Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
〈正式〉郑重放弃（信仰，事业，主张）
MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance
国会议员们被敦促发誓不再对詹姆斯二世党人效忠。
Example sentencesExamples
- After a long and wearisome trial he was condemned on June 22, 1633, solemnly to abjure his scientific creed on bended knees.
- He abjured an inclination to ‘tinker’ with the rate to take account of transient shifts in market conditions.
- We were asked first to ‘absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiances and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty.’
- Just as many modern restaurateurs think you should do without a cruet, some modish winemakers abjure oak, preferring to let the grapes speak for themselves.
- In the next few years Campanella found himself in trouble with the Venetian and Roman Inquisitions, abjuring his heresies in Rome in May 1594.
- Thus, Muldrow cannot help but abjure spiritual claims to universal enlightenment.
- It is at this point when he abjures legal justice that he articulates the notion of a just revenge.
- If only she could abjure art the way she abjured religion and write less self-consciously, the true artist would re-emerge from what is beginning to seem like indefinite hibernation.
- She went on a strict diet of milk products, even abjuring her beloved Mars chocolate bars, and dropped to her present weight of 90 pounds.
- Disappointed in this, they turned in 1650 to Charles II, who signed the Covenant, but then abjured it at his RESTORATION, condemning it as an unlawful oath.
- The clear implication is that the Party abjured all forms of violence and acts of terror.
- He who votes against the rights of another whatever his religion, colour or sex, thereby abjures his own.
- They have ceased to practise, and perhaps even to believe in their faith without abjuring it, like many if not most of us.
- The nineteenth-century elites kept to their strict Protestant ways, abjuring the theater but supporting music.
- To recant is to withdraw or disavow a declared belief, as in renouncing a philosophy or abjuring fealty to a religion.
- I want to look closely at the first lines of the poem, in which Smith seems to abjure any claim of authority.
- She becomes a devotee of women's rights, abjures marriage, and founds a university.
- He alone of all men must for an uncertain time abjure this field of endeavour, however great his interest.
- An analysis of the institutional politics of the tax depreciation cases also lends support to an explanation why the judiciary abjured precise definition of ‘profits’ for income tax or dividend distribution purposes.
- He eagerly concurs in the prince's vow to abjure the throne and marriage.
Synonyms
renounce, relinquish, reject, dispense with, forgo, forswear, disavow, abandon, deny, gainsay, disclaim, repudiate, give up, spurn, abnegate, wash one's hands of, drop, do away with
eschew, abstain from, refrain from
informal kick, jack in, pack in
Law disaffirm
archaic forsake

Phrases

abjure the realm

historical Swear an oath to leave a country forever.
〈史〉发誓永远离开国家
prior to transportation, offenders were sometimes permitted to abjure the realm
Example sentencesExamples
- Adam and the others fled to the Church of Branscombe, confessed their crime, and abjured the realm before the coroner.
- The severity of the law was modified by a felon's right to abjure the realm if he succeeded in reaching the sanctuary of a church.
- Even while abjurations were in force, such a criminal was not allowed to take sanctuary and abjure the realm.
- If the accused would neither submit to trial nor abjure the realm after 40 days, he was starved into submission.
- Gilbert confessed before the coroner and abjured the realm, but Simon was found not guilty.
- Within the time fixed by law and custom, he abjured the realm, proposing to leave the country by the port of Dover.
- There he admitted his deed and abjured the realm.
- He would be sentenced to abjure the realm or suffer death as a felon.
- The fair Agnes also confessed to her share in the crime of passion, and the lovers eventually abjured the realm.
- They fled to the church of Petherton and abjured the realm.

Derivatives

abjuration

noun abdʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌæbdʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

formal

Who speaks these terrible abjurations, Kafka the man or Kafka the artist?
Example sentencesExamples
- The Inquisition had accepted Cardano's private abjuration, extracting a promise from him never to teach or publish in the Papal States again.
- The response among younger women to this dilemma, at least in the feverish imagination of the media, has been an abjuration of femininity.
- The dramatic crisis stems from Galileo's enforced abjuration in 1633 of his belief in a heliocentric universe.
- He was condemned in 1595 ‘on grave suspicion of heresy’ and forced to make a formal public abjuration.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin abjurare, from ab- 'away' + jurare 'swear'.

Rhymes

adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're

Definition of abjure in US English:

abjure

verb

[with object]formal

Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
〈正式〉郑重放弃（信仰，事业，主张）
his refusal to abjure the Catholic faith
Example sentencesExamples
- She becomes a devotee of women's rights, abjures marriage, and founds a university.
- He who votes against the rights of another whatever his religion, colour or sex, thereby abjures his own.
- He alone of all men must for an uncertain time abjure this field of endeavour, however great his interest.
- The clear implication is that the Party abjured all forms of violence and acts of terror.
- He eagerly concurs in the prince's vow to abjure the throne and marriage.
- We were asked first to ‘absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiances and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty.’
- I want to look closely at the first lines of the poem, in which Smith seems to abjure any claim of authority.
- If only she could abjure art the way she abjured religion and write less self-consciously, the true artist would re-emerge from what is beginning to seem like indefinite hibernation.
- Thus, Muldrow cannot help but abjure spiritual claims to universal enlightenment.
- He abjured an inclination to ‘tinker’ with the rate to take account of transient shifts in market conditions.
- They have ceased to practise, and perhaps even to believe in their faith without abjuring it, like many if not most of us.
- The nineteenth-century elites kept to their strict Protestant ways, abjuring the theater but supporting music.
- To recant is to withdraw or disavow a declared belief, as in renouncing a philosophy or abjuring fealty to a religion.
- She went on a strict diet of milk products, even abjuring her beloved Mars chocolate bars, and dropped to her present weight of 90 pounds.
- In the next few years Campanella found himself in trouble with the Venetian and Roman Inquisitions, abjuring his heresies in Rome in May 1594.
- After a long and wearisome trial he was condemned on June 22, 1633, solemnly to abjure his scientific creed on bended knees.
- An analysis of the institutional politics of the tax depreciation cases also lends support to an explanation why the judiciary abjured precise definition of ‘profits’ for income tax or dividend distribution purposes.
- It is at this point when he abjures legal justice that he articulates the notion of a just revenge.
- Just as many modern restaurateurs think you should do without a cruet, some modish winemakers abjure oak, preferring to let the grapes speak for themselves.
- Disappointed in this, they turned in 1650 to Charles II, who signed the Covenant, but then abjured it at his RESTORATION, condemning it as an unlawful oath.
Synonyms
renounce, relinquish, reject, dispense with, forgo, forswear, disavow, abandon, deny, gainsay, disclaim, repudiate, give up, spurn, abnegate, wash one's hands of, drop, do away with

Phrases

abjure the realm

historical Swear an oath to leave a country or realm forever.
〈史〉发誓永远离开国家
Example sentencesExamples
- Within the time fixed by law and custom, he abjured the realm, proposing to leave the country by the port of Dover.
- There he admitted his deed and abjured the realm.
- He would be sentenced to abjure the realm or suffer death as a felon.
- The severity of the law was modified by a felon's right to abjure the realm if he succeeded in reaching the sanctuary of a church.
- The fair Agnes also confessed to her share in the crime of passion, and the lovers eventually abjured the realm.
- They fled to the church of Petherton and abjured the realm.
- Gilbert confessed before the coroner and abjured the realm, but Simon was found not guilty.
- If the accused would neither submit to trial nor abjure the realm after 40 days, he was starved into submission.
- Even while abjurations were in force, such a criminal was not allowed to take sanctuary and abjure the realm.
- Adam and the others fled to the Church of Branscombe, confessed their crime, and abjured the realm before the coroner.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin abjurare, from ab- ‘away’ + jurare ‘swear’.

词汇	abjure
释义	Definition of abjure in English: abjure verb əbˈdʒɔːəbˈdʒʊə [with object]formal Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim) 〈正式〉郑重放弃（信仰，事业，主张） MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance 国会议员们被敦促发誓不再对詹姆斯二世党人效忠。 Example sentencesExamples After a long and wearisome trial he was condemned on June 22, 1633, solemnly to abjure his scientific creed on bended knees. He abjured an inclination to ‘tinker’ with the rate to take account of transient shifts in market conditions. We were asked first to ‘absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiances and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty.’ Just as many modern restaurateurs think you should do without a cruet, some modish winemakers abjure oak, preferring to let the grapes speak for themselves. In the next few years Campanella found himself in trouble with the Venetian and Roman Inquisitions, abjuring his heresies in Rome in May 1594. Thus, Muldrow cannot help but abjure spiritual claims to universal enlightenment. It is at this point when he abjures legal justice that he articulates the notion of a just revenge. If only she could abjure art the way she abjured religion and write less self-consciously, the true artist would re-emerge from what is beginning to seem like indefinite hibernation. She went on a strict diet of milk products, even abjuring her beloved Mars chocolate bars, and dropped to her present weight of 90 pounds. Disappointed in this, they turned in 1650 to Charles II, who signed the Covenant, but then abjured it at his RESTORATION, condemning it as an unlawful oath. The clear implication is that the Party abjured all forms of violence and acts of terror. He who votes against the rights of another whatever his religion, colour or sex, thereby abjures his own. They have ceased to practise, and perhaps even to believe in their faith without abjuring it, like many if not most of us. The nineteenth-century elites kept to their strict Protestant ways, abjuring the theater but supporting music. To recant is to withdraw or disavow a declared belief, as in renouncing a philosophy or abjuring fealty to a religion. I want to look closely at the first lines of the poem, in which Smith seems to abjure any claim of authority. She becomes a devotee of women's rights, abjures marriage, and founds a university. He alone of all men must for an uncertain time abjure this field of endeavour, however great his interest. An analysis of the institutional politics of the tax depreciation cases also lends support to an explanation why the judiciary abjured precise definition of ‘profits’ for income tax or dividend distribution purposes. He eagerly concurs in the prince's vow to abjure the throne and marriage. Synonyms renounce, relinquish, reject, dispense with, forgo, forswear, disavow, abandon, deny, gainsay, disclaim, repudiate, give up, spurn, abnegate, wash one's hands of, drop, do away with eschew, abstain from, refrain from informal kick, jack in, pack in Law disaffirm archaic forsake Phrases abjure the realm historical Swear an oath to leave a country forever. 〈史〉发誓永远离开国家 prior to transportation, offenders were sometimes permitted to abjure the realm Example sentencesExamples Adam and the others fled to the Church of Branscombe, confessed their crime, and abjured the realm before the coroner. The severity of the law was modified by a felon's right to abjure the realm if he succeeded in reaching the sanctuary of a church. Even while abjurations were in force, such a criminal was not allowed to take sanctuary and abjure the realm. If the accused would neither submit to trial nor abjure the realm after 40 days, he was starved into submission. Gilbert confessed before the coroner and abjured the realm, but Simon was found not guilty. Within the time fixed by law and custom, he abjured the realm, proposing to leave the country by the port of Dover. There he admitted his deed and abjured the realm. He would be sentenced to abjure the realm or suffer death as a felon. The fair Agnes also confessed to her share in the crime of passion, and the lovers eventually abjured the realm. They fled to the church of Petherton and abjured the realm. Derivatives abjuration noun abdʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌæbdʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n formal Who speaks these terrible abjurations, Kafka the man or Kafka the artist? Example sentencesExamples The Inquisition had accepted Cardano's private abjuration, extracting a promise from him never to teach or publish in the Papal States again. The response among younger women to this dilemma, at least in the feverish imagination of the media, has been an abjuration of femininity. The dramatic crisis stems from Galileo's enforced abjuration in 1633 of his belief in a heliocentric universe. He was condemned in 1595 ‘on grave suspicion of heresy’ and forced to make a formal public abjuration. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin abjurare, from ab- 'away' + jurare 'swear'. Rhymes adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're verb.1 phr. Definition of abjure in US English: abjure verb [with object]formal Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim) 〈正式〉郑重放弃（信仰，事业，主张） his refusal to abjure the Catholic faith Example sentencesExamples She becomes a devotee of women's rights, abjures marriage, and founds a university. He who votes against the rights of another whatever his religion, colour or sex, thereby abjures his own. He alone of all men must for an uncertain time abjure this field of endeavour, however great his interest. The clear implication is that the Party abjured all forms of violence and acts of terror. He eagerly concurs in the prince's vow to abjure the throne and marriage. We were asked first to ‘absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiances and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty.’ I want to look closely at the first lines of the poem, in which Smith seems to abjure any claim of authority. If only she could abjure art the way she abjured religion and write less self-consciously, the true artist would re-emerge from what is beginning to seem like indefinite hibernation. Thus, Muldrow cannot help but abjure spiritual claims to universal enlightenment. He abjured an inclination to ‘tinker’ with the rate to take account of transient shifts in market conditions. They have ceased to practise, and perhaps even to believe in their faith without abjuring it, like many if not most of us. The nineteenth-century elites kept to their strict Protestant ways, abjuring the theater but supporting music. To recant is to withdraw or disavow a declared belief, as in renouncing a philosophy or abjuring fealty to a religion. She went on a strict diet of milk products, even abjuring her beloved Mars chocolate bars, and dropped to her present weight of 90 pounds. In the next few years Campanella found himself in trouble with the Venetian and Roman Inquisitions, abjuring his heresies in Rome in May 1594. After a long and wearisome trial he was condemned on June 22, 1633, solemnly to abjure his scientific creed on bended knees. An analysis of the institutional politics of the tax depreciation cases also lends support to an explanation why the judiciary abjured precise definition of ‘profits’ for income tax or dividend distribution purposes. It is at this point when he abjures legal justice that he articulates the notion of a just revenge. Just as many modern restaurateurs think you should do without a cruet, some modish winemakers abjure oak, preferring to let the grapes speak for themselves. Disappointed in this, they turned in 1650 to Charles II, who signed the Covenant, but then abjured it at his RESTORATION, condemning it as an unlawful oath. Synonyms renounce, relinquish, reject, dispense with, forgo, forswear, disavow, abandon, deny, gainsay, disclaim, repudiate, give up, spurn, abnegate, wash one's hands of, drop, do away with Phrases abjure the realm historical Swear an oath to leave a country or realm forever. 〈史〉发誓永远离开国家 Example sentencesExamples Within the time fixed by law and custom, he abjured the realm, proposing to leave the country by the port of Dover. There he admitted his deed and abjured the realm. He would be sentenced to abjure the realm or suffer death as a felon. The severity of the law was modified by a felon's right to abjure the realm if he succeeded in reaching the sanctuary of a church. The fair Agnes also confessed to her share in the crime of passion, and the lovers eventually abjured the realm. They fled to the church of Petherton and abjured the realm. Gilbert confessed before the coroner and abjured the realm, but Simon was found not guilty. If the accused would neither submit to trial nor abjure the realm after 40 days, he was starved into submission. Even while abjurations were in force, such a criminal was not allowed to take sanctuary and abjure the realm. Adam and the others fled to the Church of Branscombe, confessed their crime, and abjured the realm before the coroner. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin abjurare, from ab- ‘away’ + jurare ‘swear’. verb.1 phr.
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