Abjure vs Forgo - What's the difference?
abjure | forgo |
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.
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To let pass, to leave alone
To do without, to abandon
To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
As a verb abjure
is .As an adjective forgo is
turning, revolving, rotating, whirling, circulating.As a noun forgo is
joint.abjure
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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
forgo
English
Alternative forms
* foregoVerb
- The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.