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LEGAL TERM
Abjurer; Abjure; Abjured; Oaths of abjuration; Oath of abjuration; Abjuration of the realm; Abjured the realm; Abjure the realm; Oath of Abjuration; Oath of abjuration (Great Britain and Ireland); Abjuring
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abjure         
v. a.
1.
Renounce (upon oath), relinquish, forego, reject, forswear, abandon, give up, cast off, discard, repudiate, disown.
2.
Retract, revoke, recant, recall, withdraw, disavow, disclaim, take back.
abjure         
(abjures, abjuring, abjured)
If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it. (FORMAL)
...a formal statement abjuring military action.
VERB: V n
Abjure         
·vi To renounce on oath.
II. Abjure ·vt To renounce or reject with solemnity; to Recant; to abandon forever; to Reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
III. Abjure ·vt To renounce upon oath; to Forswear; to Disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

Wikipedia

Abjuration

Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. The term comes from the Latin abjurare, "to forswear".

Examples of use of Abjure
1. He also asked militant groups including ULFA to abjure violence and come forward for talks.
2. SRINAGAR: The new chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has categorically rejected any dialogue with the militants unless they abjure violence.
3. First, nuclear proliferation in this region also depends on the mutual relations between rival Muslim states; thus for Israel to abjure nuclear weapons would not prevent it.
4. "We are nevertheless willing to enter into a dialogue with such groups, provided they agree to abjure the path of violence," he said.
5. Last month he vowed that rebels under his command would abjure attacks on civilians, but increase their attacks on Russian forces.