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A.Word.A.Day--abjure Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio abjure (ab-JOOR) verb tr. 1. To renounce under oath; forswear. 2. To recant solemnly; repudiate. 3. To give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from. [Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abiurare : ab-, away + iurare, to swear.] "I abjured meat out of the purity of my desire not to lie to my parents, but I didn't abjure the company of my friend." M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth, 1927. This week's theme: words from Gandhi's autobiography. X-Bonus We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. -General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

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