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▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
▸ verb:  (historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
▸ verb:  (historical) To cause (someone) to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion).
▸ verb:  (chiefly law, historical)
▸ verb:  Especially in abjure the realm: to swear an oath to leave (a place) forever.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, rare) To cause or compel (someone) to leave a place forever; to banish.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  To solemnly reject; to abandon forever.
▸ verb:  (historical) To recant or retract a heresy on oath.
▸ verb:  (chiefly law, historical) To swear an oath to leave a place forever.




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