abjure
verb (used with object)
to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant.
abjures
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present tense formof abjure (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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India abjures formal alliances, which it sees as constraints on its independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Perhaps what ultimately tips “Skeleton Crew” in the other direction is the way it abjures cynicism in favor of connection.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Or, make that drama avoidance; this is a novel that abjures not just plot twists but plot advances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2014
He abjures his cow pies for sunblush tomato and goat's cheese baguettes and begins to use a Remington Philishave.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2012
He abjures all intention of striking at Saul in his own defence.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
