Abjuring

There were, however, many cases of Witnesses voluntarily "abjuring," as they called it. ❋ Hoess, Rudolf (1951)

The absence of entitlement programs is not a violation of anybody's rights, and, contrary to the view of some pundits, abjuring from robbing others in such a manner is not a "sacrifice." ❋ Wendy Milling (2011)

"I embraced my dereliction as a religious discipline," he says, abjuring the soulless routines of his daily commute and unhappy marriage. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

My hope is that you will also maintain the wild rogue personalities that make you so interesting to read and taste wine with, abjuring the pressure or suggestion that you are new media with a responsibility to anyone other than yourself, your palate, your passion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thus, by abjuring evidence, we may defend this claim against the damnéd heathens! ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

While the overall package was largely scripted in Berlin, Merkel delivered one major concession, abjuring losses for private investors in sovereign debt crises. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Indeed, my previous post was meant to illustrate exactly this claim (while abjuring the reflexive association of the poetic with "pretty words"). ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Show don't tell" leads to abjuring history, because modernist narrative is proscribed. ❋ Anis Shivani (2010)

Ahmadinejad's close ties to the ultraorthodox Ayatollah Mohammad Mesbah Yazdi also haven't dampened the president's drive to consolidate power by abjuring beliefs and practices central to the theocracy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Whichever way you read it, tax denial means Americans are abjuring the American community, the American commonwealth and the American res publica things of the public that actually constitutes the meaning of that precious term Republic that the Republican Party carries in its name. ❋ Benjamin R. Barber (2010)

Show don't tell leads to abjuring history, because modernist narrative is proscribed. ❋ Anis Shivani (2010)

Yet the mullahs have strong allies too, not only in the legislature, led by Ali Larijani (who hails from a family of well-known clerics), but even among the president's own clan, whose members remain divided on abjuring theocracy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now it's commonplace for middle-class kids to go to college and behave as though they are scions of the gentry — abjuring studies and indulging in the bottomless kegger that a recent book dubbed "The Five Year Party." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus, abjuring reliance on empathy is essential if judges are to make impartial decisions, as is their duty in a legal system based on the rule oflaw. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[I want] abjure my [post] ❋ Yudhii (2010)

Person A: Quick, [cast] an [abjuration] spell! Person B: I can't; I'm a [conjurer]. ❋ Deathinacan (2013)

The gangstahs of [east coast] abjured our totally [hetro] practices to [promote] their homo ones. ❋ AsadZero2 (2011)