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Verb: abjure  ab'jūr
  1. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    "She abjured her beliefs"
    - recant, forswear, retract, resile

Derived forms: abjuring, abjures, abjured

See also: abjuration, abjurer

Type of: disown, renounce, repudiate

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