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Nyerere has abjured personal wealth, and throughout his presidency collected a salary that was lower than that of his Cabinet ministers.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is understood that Dr. Hollis has abjured the society of all men other than her patients and such of her professional confrères as she is obliged to consult or work with.

From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

He has abjured tea-table psychology, and the analysis of figures in the carpet and subtile dissections of intellectual impotencies, and the diverting game of words and the whole literature of the nerves.

From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Cather, Willa Sibert

Her family were for some time hostile to the match, but all objections were soon removed, as the Prince has abjured cannibalism and is now an uncompromising vegetarian.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 4, 1917 by Various

If he sins in power, he is at worst but the Prodigal Son, watched in his career, and willingly welcomed when he has abjured his wanderings.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various