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Mary treated her conspicuously as a sister; she refused, however, to abjure her Protestantism.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS, VOL XVARIOUSHe was required to recant, to abjure the doctrines he had taught; not in private, but publicly before the world.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VIJOHN LORDTwo years later, Rosimont died suddenly without having had time to abjure his errors.
QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGEH. NOEL WILLIAMSShe did not, indeed, require Anjou to abjure his faith, but her demands virtually involved this.
HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE HUGUENOTSHENRY BAIRDNo, my fair Olivia, let us never abjure love: even when the reign of beauty passes away, that of grace and sentiment remains.
LEONORAMARIA EDGEWORTHThen he made it clear that he had resolved to abjure wine, and was only salving his conscience by a proverb.
THE TERMS OF SURRENDERLOUIS TRACYThen again I would abjure and despise Genoa, that little corner of the world.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY, VOLUME 3, NO. 1, APRIL, 1851VARIOUSShe would wash all the dust of these places away from her, abjure all manner of excitement and for once sleep peacefully.
MR. GREX OF MONTE CARLOE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIMWhat could have obliterated the impressions of his youth, and made him abjure his religion and his country?
WIELAND; OR THE TRANSFORMATIONCHARLES BROCKDEN BROWNIt had been taken for granted that he would abjure his fealty to the king at the first tightening of the cord.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND, COMPLETECHARLES M. SKINNERWORDS RELATED TO ABJURE
- abjure
- abnegate
- avoid
- cease
- constrain
- curb
- decline
- deny oneself
- do without
- eschew
- evade
- fast
- fence-sit
- forbear
- forgo
- give the go by
- give up
- go on the wagon
- keep from
- pass
- pass up
- quit
- refrain
- refuse
- renounce
- shun
- sit on one's hands
- sit on the fence
- sit out
- spurn
- starve
- stop
- take the cure
- take the pledge
- withhold
- abjure
- abnegate
- ban
- begrudge
- call on
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- curb
- disacknowledge
- disallow
- disavow
- disbelieve
- discard
- disclaim
- discredit
- disown
- disprove
- doubt
- enjoin from
- eschew
- exclude
- forbid
- forgo
- forsake
- gainsay
- hold back
- keep back
- negate
- negative
- not buy
- nullify
- oppose
- rebuff
- rebut
- recant
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- repudiate
- restrain
- revoke
- sacrifice
- say no to
- spurn
- taboo
- take exception to
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- veto
- withhold
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