Abjure vs Disallow - What's the difference?
abjure | disallow | Synonyms |
To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.
To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
* 1610 , , act 5 scene 1
To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
To refuse to allow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
Abjure is a synonym of disallow.
As verbs the difference between abjure and disallow
is that abjure is while disallow is to refuse to allow.abjure
English
Verb
(abjur)- To abjure allegiance to a prince.
- To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).
- To abjure errors.
- But this rough magic I here abjure [...]
Synonyms
* renounceReferences
disallow
English
Verb
(en verb)- The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
citation, page= , passage=England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.}}