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Word of the day Feb 22, 2012 9:51 pm
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Today's word is ABJURE.

Abjure [ab-JOOR] verb:

1a: to renounce upon oath

b: to reject solemnly

2: to abstain from: avoid

Example:
She abjured to not date any more losers, but knew it would be hard to follow through on it.

A bit about this word since this helped me to understand it better so I thought I'd share it with all of you.

Just as a jury swears to produce an unbiased verdict, and a witness swears to tell the truth on pain of perjury, those who abjure their former ways "swear them away." Abjure as well as jury and perjury comes from the Latin jurare, which means "to swear" and which in turn is based on the root "jus", meaning "law", plus the prefix "ab" meaning "away. These days, we can casually abure (that is, abstain from) vices such as smoking or overeating, but in the 15th and 16th centuries to abjure was a matter or renouncing something under oath, sometimes a matter of life and death. For example, during the Spanish Inquisition, individuals were given the choice between abjuring unacceptable beliefs and being burned at the stake.

This word is sorta cook really. Funny how it all ties in sorta with the law end of things. Anyway I'm sorta busy doing some stuff tonight around the house so I hope y'all have a great night.
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