Word Meanings - ABJURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever. 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to
Additional info about word: ABJURE
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever. 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. "Magic I here abjure." Shak. Syn. -- See Renounce.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABJURE)
- Abandon
- Leave
- forsake
- desert
- renounce
- cease
- relinquish
- discontinue
- castoff
- resign
- retire
- quit
- forego
- forswear
- depart from
- vacate
- surrender
- abjure
- repudiate
- Forego
- Waive
- drop
- abandon
- give up
- yield
- Recant
- Retract
- unsay
- recal
- revoke
- Renounce
- Reject
- disclaim
- disown
- disavow
- deny
- recant
- Repudiate
- Disavow
- discard
- divorce
Related words: (words related to ABJURE)
- RESIGNATION
1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, - DIVORCEABLE
Capable of being divorced. - REVOKER
One who revokes. - DESERTER
One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion. - RETRACT
1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. - LEAVE-TAKING
Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak. - VACATE
Etym: 1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house. 2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of - FORSAKE
1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. 2. To renounce; to - RETRACTOR
One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. - LEAVED
Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved. - FORSWEARER
One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath. - FORSAKER
One who forsakes or deserts. - DISAVOWANCE
Disavowal. South. - DEPARTURE
The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier. (more info) 1. Division; separation; putting away. No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton. - DISAVOWMENT
Disavowal. Wotton. - DEPARTMENT
1. Act of departing; departure. Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's - DISAVOWER
One who disavows. - YIELDABLE
Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall. - RESIGNED
Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope. - DEPARTMENTAL
Pertaining to a department or division. Burke. - INDESERT
Ill desert. Addison. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - YIELD
pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be - MISDESERT
Ill desert. Spenser. - DISCONTINUE
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school - CLEAVER
One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.