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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abjure /əbˈdʒʊə, əbˈdʒɔː/

▶verb formal solemnly renounce (a belief or claim).

– phrases
abjure the realm historical swear an oath to leave a country forever.

– derivatives
abjuration noun.

– origin ME: from L. abjurare, from ab- ‘away’ + jurare ‘swear’.

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