abjure

UK: /æbˈdʒʊə^r/ US: /æbˈdʒʊr/ ,(ab jŏŏr′, -jûr′)

Inflections of 'abjure' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

abjures

v 3rd person singular

abjuring

v pres p

abjured

v past

abjured

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ab•jure /æbˈdʒʊr/   v. [~ + object] , -jured, -jur•ing. 

1. to give up (a belief) formally or under oath;
   renounce:
   abjured allegiance to her homeland.

See-jur-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ab•jure  (ab jŏŏr′, -jûr′), v.t., -jured, -jur•ing. 

1. to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity;
   recant:
   to abjure one's errors.
2. to renounce or give up under oath;
   forswear:
   to abjure allegiance.
3. to avoid or shun.

• Latin abjūrāre to deny on oath, equivalent. to ab- ab- + jūrāre to swear; see jury¹
• late Middle English 1400–50

ab•jur′a•to′ry, adj. 
ab•jur′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

abjure / əbˈdʒʊə/ verb (transitive)

1. to renounce or retract, esp formally, solemnly, or under oath
2. to abstain from or reject

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French abjurer or Latin abjurāre to deny on oath

ˌabjuˈration noun

abˈjurer noun