Abjure vs. Abrogate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abjure and Abrogate
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Definitions
Abjure
Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance
Abrogate
Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)
A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike
Abjure
To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate
"For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain 'Mr.'" (Time).
Abrogate
Evade (a responsibility or duty)
We believe the board is abrogating its responsibilities to its shareholders
Abjure
To renounce under oath; forswear.
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Abrogate
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
"Our existing Aboriginal and treaty rights were now part of the supreme law of the land, and could not be abrogated or denied by any government" (Matthew Coon Come).
Abjure
(transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
To abjure allegiance to a prince.
To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).
Abrogate
To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
Abjure
To cause one to renounce or recant.
Abrogate
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
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Abjure
(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
To abjure errors.
Abrogate
To block a process or function.
Abjure
(transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
Abrogate
(archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
Abjure
To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
Abrogate
Abrogated; abolished.
Abjure
To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
Abrogate
To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; - applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old.
Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate.
Abjure
To renounce on oath.
Abrogate
To put an end to; to do away with.
Abjure
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
She abjured her beliefs
Abrogate
Revoke formally
