abjure
werkwoord
1 abjure
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure:
— She abjured her beliefs.
synoniemen: forswear, recant, resile, retract.
Roget 607:
change one's mind,
change one's intention,
change one's purpose,
change one's note;
abjure,
renounce;
withdraw from
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
waver,
vacillate;
wheel round,
turn round,
veer round;
turn a pirouette;
go over from one side to another,
pass from one side to another,
change from one side to another,
skip from one side to another;
go to the rightabout;
box the compass,
shift one's ground,
go upon another tack.
apostatize,
change sides,
go over,
rat;
recant,
retract;
revoke;
rescind
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
recall;
forswear,
unsay;
come over,
come round to an opinion;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [U.S.].
draw in one's horns,
eat one's words;
eat the leek,
swallow the leek;
swerve,
flinch,
back out of,
retrace one's steps,
think better of it;
come back return to one's first love;
turn over a new leaf
etc.
(repent)
950.
trim,
shuffle,
play fast and loose,
blow hot and cold,
coquet,
be on the fence,
straddle,
bold with the hare but run with the hounds;
nager entre deux eaux [Fr.];
wait to see how the cat jumps,
wait to see how the wind blows.
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Roget 757:
resign;
give up,
throw up;
lay down,
throw up the cards,
wash one's hands of,
abjure,
renounce,
forego,
disclaim,
retract;
deny
etc.
536.
abrogate
etc.
756;
desert
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
get rid of
etc.
782.
abdicate;
vacate,
vacate one's seat;
accept the stewardship of the Chiltern accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds;
retire;
tender one's resignation.
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Nederlands: ontkennen, intrekken, herroepen, [[verzaken]] [[aan]] een [[eed]], afzweren
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