Synonyms for abjure
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Renounce — to solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to…
renounce, repudiate, abandon, disavow, reject, disown, deny, abstain, abdicate, forgo, disclaim, relinquish, give up, discard, forswear, waive, forsake, cede, dispense with, disallow, forsay dated
2. Recant — to renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other…
recant, retract, withdraw, take back, revoke, re-call, abrogate, swallow, unsay, resile, vacate
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Definitions
- v. 1
To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
- v. 2
To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
to abjure allegiance to a prince
Related words
- Word family
- abjuration
Forms
- Past participle
- abjured
e.g. abjured → renounced, repudiated, abandoned, disavowed…
Choose the right word
Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. A native of the United States can not abjure or renounce allegiance to the Queen of England, but will promptly deny or repudiate it.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- abandon Many Armenians were forced to abandon their lands.
- renounce I renounce everything as long as I can be with you.
- disavow Most of them disavow and denounce that sort of behavior.
- repudiate My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.
- retract I have decided to retract my previous statement.
- recant Tom had to recant or face excommunication.
By length
- 4 letters
- deny2, cede1
- 5 letters
- waive1, forgo2, unsay
- 6 letters
- reject2, revoke2, vacate2, disown2, recant2, resile, forsay
- 7 letters
- abandon3, swallow2, discard2, abstain2, retract2, forsake2, disavow3
- 8 letters
- withdraw2, renounce2, abdicate3, disallow3, disclaim2, abrogate3, forswear2
- 9 letters
- repudiate4
- 10 letters
- relinquish3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deny2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- abjurer
- Español
- abjurar
- Deutsch
- verleugnen