transitive verb. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate.

transitive verb. To renounce under oath; forswear.

To renounce upon oath; forswear; withdraw formally from: as, to abjure allegiance to a prince.

To renounce or repudiate; abandon; retract; especially, to renounce or retract with solemnity: as, to abjure one's errors or wrong practices.

To take an oath of abjuration.

transitive verb. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

transitive verb. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate.

intransitive verb. To renounce on oath.

verb. To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.

verb. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

"These are the very people Orwell was describing, who 'abjure' violence and are not even aware that they are kept safe by 'rough men' ready to do violence on their behalf."