abjure

The definition of abjure is to take back something, especially when you have to take it back formally or by some specific process.

(verb)

An example of the word abjure is when a confession is given but then later rescinded.

See abjure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb abjured, abjuring

Origin: ME abjuren < L abjurare < ab-, from, away + jurare, to swear: see jury

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See abjure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures

To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate: “For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain ‘Mr.’” (Time).
To renounce under oath; forswear.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English abjuren

Origin: , from Old French abjurer

Origin: , from Latin abiūrāre

Origin: : ab-, away; see ab-¹

Origin: + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots

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