abjuring

The word “abjuring” has 3 syllables: ab-jur-ing

It's pronounced as /əbˈdʒʊərɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for abjuring?

In the thesaurus, “abjuring” has 6 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abjuring along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abjuring

  • avoiding
  • contradicting
  • denying
  • renouncing
  • retracting
  • withdrawing

Antonyms for abjuring

  • acknowledging
  • admitting
  • affirming
  • asserting
  • claiming
  • contending
  • declaring
  • defending
  • maintaining
  • proclaiming
  • professing
  • stating
  • supporting

Meanings of abjuring

  • verb
    1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
    2. To cause one to renounce or recant.
    3. To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
    4. To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.

Example Sentences

  • By publicly abjuring violence, the activist urged for peaceful protests.
  • The politician made headlines by abjuring his previous stance on the controversial issue.
  • In the court of law, the witness faced consequences for abjuring the truth under oath.
  • The group of rebels issued a statement abjuring any association with the recent terrorist attacks.
  • The religious leader emphasized the importance of abjuring material possessions for spiritual growth.

On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abjuring, such as: acknowledging, admitting, affirming, asserting, avoiding, claiming, contending.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abandoning

abdicating

backing down

  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • acquiescence
  • appeasement
  • assent
  • backing off
  • backing out
  • backpedaling
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • bowing
  • capitulation
  • caving in
  • copping out
  • cringing
  • crying off
  • defeatism
  • deference
  • disavowing
  • docility
  • finking out
  • flag of truce
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • giving-in
  • going back on
  • humbleness
  • humility
  • malleability
  • meekness
  • nonresistance
  • obedience
  • passivism
  • passivity
  • pliabilty
  • prostration
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • recreancy
  • reneging
  • repudiating
  • resignation
  • retracting
  • retreat
  • servility
  • subjection
  • submission
  • submissiveness
  • submitting
  • surrender
  • taking back
  • throwing in the towel
  • tractability
  • truce flag
  • unassertiveness
  • unsaying
  • wimping out
  • withdrawing
  • yielding

backing off

backing out

  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • backing down
  • backing off
  • backpedaling
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • chickenheart
  • copping out
  • crying off
  • disavowing
  • doubt
  • faint heart
  • fear
  • fear of carrying out an activity
  • finking out
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • going back on
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • reneging
  • repudiating
  • reservations
  • retracting
  • second thoughts
  • taking back
  • timidity
  • unsaying
  • weak knees
  • white feather
  • wimping out
  • withdrawing
  • yellow streak

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