abjure
/ab-JOOR/verbto solemnly renounce a belief or claim
“The exile abjured his citizenship at the border post.”
- Synonyms
- renounce, forswear, repudiate
- Antonyms
- embrace, espouse
- Memory hook
- ab (away) + jure (swear): swear it away.
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