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• v  formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  She abjured her beliefs

• David said it is brutal and unholy that we do not abjure torture and still use it as a means for digging out information.
• The Environment Minister said that let us abjure pettiness and come out with a plan that will save this planet.
• Both once abjured the bottle, both now hit the bottle like drunken sots.

• recant
• forswear
• retract
• resile

News & Articles

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• Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 19, 2013
  abjure ab.jure ab joor Definition: (v) To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
  June 19, 2013 - Amarillo Globe-News

Quotes

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• P Chidambaram in AFP
  As long as they don't abjure or give up violence, security forces will confront them,Chidambaram said. "There will be engagements. That violence is simply unacceptable in a democracy."
• Manmohan Singh in The News - International
  I would like to reiterate that the doors for dialogue are open to all disaffected groups, including ULFA, who are willing to abjure violence,Singh told reporters after reviewing security in the remote state.
• AK Antony in Outlook
  What we are asking them is to abjure violence,Antony said replying to queries if talks with the Naxals should be unconditional.