Abjurer

ab·jure  (b-jr)

tr.v. ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures

1. To renounce under oath; forswear.

2. To recant solemnly; repudiate: abjure one's beliefs.

3. To give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from: "For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain 'Mr.'" Time.

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[Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abirre : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + irre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]

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abju·ration n.

ab·jurer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

abjurer - a person who abjures individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"