| VERB | communication | abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
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| Meaning | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She abjured her beliefs" | |
| Synonyms | recant, forswear, retract, resile | |
| Broader | disown, renounce, repudiate | Cast off |
| Spanish | abjurar, renunciar, retractarse, retractar | |
| Catalan | abjurar, retractar-se, retractar | |
| Nouns | abjuration | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| abjurer | a person who abjures | |
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