abjure :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

renounce, abdicate

v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

surrender, deliver, give up, cede

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

renounce, turn away from, quit, relinquish, foreswear

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

reject

v. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

refuse to acknowledge, disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disclaim, make a disclaimer about

v. make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

overturn, lift, repeal, reverse, revoke, annul, countermand, rescind

v. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

defect, desert

v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"

lurch, abandon, desert, desolate, forsake

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

deny

v. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

shun, eschew

v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

predate, antedate, precede, forego, antecede

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

swear off, promise to abstain from

v. promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

declare, adjudge, declare to be

v. declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

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