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abjure

verb

1 abjure

Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure:
— She abjured her beliefs.

synonyms: forswear, recant, resile, retract.

Roget 607: change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from etc. (relinquish) 624; waver, vacillate; wheel round, ... show more

Roget 757: resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny etc. 536.    ... show more

Dutch: ontkennen, intrekken, herroepen, [[verzaken]] [[aan]] een [[eed]], afzweren


Moby thesaurus: abandon, abdicate, acknowledge defeat, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, cease, cede, chuck, chuck out, climb down, come off, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert ... show more.

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