abjure
verb (used with object)
to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant.
have abjured
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present perfectof abjure.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A few of them wear the sacred thread, and though they eat flesh, they have abjured liquor except in Chānda, where they are most numerous and the proportion of wealthy members is smallest.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
But he had to face a continuous roar of interruption and hostility from the Irish benches—those converted sinners who have abjured sack, and have become the most orderly and loyal, and steadfast of Ministerialist bulwarks.
From Sketches in the House (1893) by T. P. O'Conner
Had she been a Whig, he had been one; had she followed Mr. Fox, and turned Quaker, no doubt he would have abjured ruffles and a periwig, and have forsworn swords, lace-coats, and clocked stockings.
From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by William Makepeace Thackeray
How shall I tell the jade that I have abjured women?
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
All the great spiritual teachers have denied themselves personal luxuries, comforts, and rewards, have abjured temporal power, and have lived and taught the limitless and impersonal Truth.
From The Way of Peace by James Allen
