abjure
verb
[ əbˈdʒʊə ]
• solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim).
• "MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance"
Similar:
renounce,
relinquish,
reject,
dispense with,
forgo,
forswear,
disavow,
abandon,
deny,
gainsay,
disclaim,
repudiate,
give up,
spurn,
abnegate,
wash one's hands of,
drop,
do away with,
eschew,
abstain from,
refrain from,
kick,
jack in,
pack in,
disaffirm,
forsake,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin abjurare, from ab- ‘away’ + jurare ‘swear’.
