abjure

abjure has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
• v. i.. To renounce on oath.
• v.. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"