abjurers
n. C2 Proficiency ab·jur·ers
n. people who officially give up a belief, a job, or a right. It is an old-fashioned word for someone who makes a formal promise to stop doing something.
n. individuals who formally renounce a belief, office, or right. Often used in historical or legal contexts to describe those who have made a binding oath to abandon a specific status or practice.
The abjurers signed the document to leave the country forever.
During the trial, the abjurers were asked to swear an oath that they would never return to their former religious community.
The king's decree listed several abjurers who had fled the realm, each having formally renounced their titles and estates in exchange for a safe passage to the continent.