abjure
verb (used with object)
to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant.
abjured
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past participleof abjure.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof abjure.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
abjureverb (used with object)to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant.
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman did not immediately say whether he would retry McGhee for the murders, nor whether he would again seek the death penalty, which his predecessor abjured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
Tunisia's army has historically abjured a political role and Saied has not yet tested the security forces by trying to mobilise them for a major crackdown on dissent.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2022
Passionately denouncing the inequity of his time, Francis of Assisi abjured his wealth and joined the beggars.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
His three Republican successors did not follow suit, Calvin Coolidge especially abjured such monarchical power.
From Fox News ● Jan. 10, 2019
In a sober ceremony, the Mexica abjured their old religion and embraced Christianity.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
