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abjure - Dictionary definition and meaning for abjure

ABJURE

  • (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

    "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion", "She abjured her beliefs"

    synonyms : forswear , recant , resile , retract

    I abjured to eat junk food for lifetime due to its ill-effects on my health and weight. -added by priyavanjeri

    He foreswore cigarettes as his New Year's resolution. -added by nithi

    abjure
    -tagged by learner_md
    Kareena Kapoor abjured all calorie loaded sweets to become size-zero.

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Selected Mnemonic for abjure

  • (Tag: Global) abjure ~ ab (away) + jure (jury). He abjured (rejected, moved away from) her earlier statements in front of jury.

    added by sandysuhy

Mnemonics for abjure

  • (Tag: English) Abjure think it like injure. so once you are injured you will give up. so abjure means give up

    added by swetabh    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) ab+jure...jure- jor (in Hindi) Jor lagaao chodoo mat....(Don't Give up) (this mnemonic is in Hindi Language)

    added by Administrator    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: hindi) ab jury ke saamne kasam khaata hoon, i'll not do this again

    added by amit_chauhan3011    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) ab+jaanede+yaar (abjure) am renouncing

    added by vivek_ravindra9    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) ABJURE = the prefix AB- means against. -JURE means rule (like JURY) So, ABJURE means to rule against.

    added by dshefman    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ie forcefully) ab(now);(jury).one compulsoryly have to take an oath in front of a jury

    added by S    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: HINDI) Ab indicates negative meaning. -jure can be thought as JOR in hindi meaning pressure..so GIVING UP UNDER PRESSURE is ABJURE

    added by visuh9    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) abjure sounds like "object" which both are the same in the meaning to renounce

    added by mangomuncher    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) ab+chod--give up

    added by ashleyswift    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) Abjure = Ab jure (Zaroori in HINDI) .. under pressure you say "Ab zaroori nahi hai"..

    added by aka.bhagvanji    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) I SURE never believed in this crap!

    added by Phoenix    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) read ab+jure like ab+jaa(i.e remove,renounce)

    added by tpant    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) Take an oath in front of jury to denounce one's belief.

    added by mylist    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) WoW: you don't want to conjure water but you abjure to do it.

    added by ok_2pro    editEdit Mnemonic

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