abjure
- 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.