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abjurer

n.
C2 Proficiency ab·jur·er

n. a person who officially gives up a belief or a right. This is a very formal word used in legal or religious contexts.

n. a person who formally renounces a belief, a right, or a privilege. Often used in legal or ecclesiastical contexts to describe the act of relinquishing a claim or doctrine.


SIMPLE

The abjurer signed the document to give up his title.

CONTEXTUAL

The abjurer stood before the court to formally renounce his allegiance to the former regime.

COMPLEX

Historical records detail the abjurer who, under threat of execution, publicly recanted his heretical views to the assembled clergy and nobility.

Origin

From abjure + -er.

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