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abjure

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of abjure

1 to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
  • The woman abjured some long-held beliefs when she converted to another religion.
Synonyms of abjure

forswear (also foreswear), recant, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw
Words Related to abjure

contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negate, negative

abandon, bolt, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender

controvert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refute

back down, back off, backtrack

disallow, recall, revoke
Near Antonyms of abjure

acknowledge, admit, affirm, assert, avow, claim, contend, declare, maintain, proclaim, profess, state, vouch, vow

back, confirm, defend, endorse (also indorse), espouse, maintain, support, uphold

accept, adopt, embrace
Antonyms of abjure

adhere (to)
2 to resist the temptation of
  • a strict religious sect that abjures the luxuries, comforts, and conveniences of the modern world
Synonyms of abjure

abstain (from), forbear, forgo (also forego), keep (from), refrain (from), withhold (from)
Words Related to abjure

avoid, eschew, shun

check, constrain, curb, inhibit

deny, refuse, reject, repudiate

buck, combat, fight
Near Antonyms of abjure

acquiesce (to), capitulate, concede (to), knuckle under (to)
Antonyms of abjure

bow (to), give in (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)

Synonym Discussion of abjure

abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath.
    • abjured the errors of his former faith
renounce may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown.
    • renounced abstract art and turned to portrait painting
forswear may add an implication of perjury or betrayal.
    • I cannot forswear my principles
recant stresses the withdrawing or denying of something professed or taught.
    • if they recant they will be spared
retract applies to the withdrawing of a promise, an offer, or an accusation.
    • the newspaper had to retract the story

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