abjure
verb (used with object)
to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant.
abjuring
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present participleof abjure.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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As for abjuring Eurocentricity, the author himself refers to the “four allies plus China” that received permanent Security Council seats in 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Nor, in abjuring technical tricks, does he give us anything worth paying attention to between scenes unless you like watching an upright piano get wheeled around.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2017
Later Nate cites an additional, darker reason for abjuring female companionship: “You care a damn about a woman then you keep her as far away from this life as possible.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2017
I hope there’s to be no talk of Atwood’s abjuring magic, or any nonsense like that.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2016
A few other Huguenots who were in the Louvre were ready to purchase their lives at any price, even to that of abjuring their faith.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
