Both Uses of
abjure
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Madame," replied Villefort, with a mournful smile, "I have already had the honor to observe that my father has—at least, I hope so—abjured his past errors, and that he is, at the present moment, a firm and zealous friend to religion and order—a better royalist, possibly, than his son; for he has to atone for past dereliction, while I have no other impulse than warm, decided preference and conviction."†
Chpt 5-6
- Oh, I have been base, cowardly, I tell you; I have abjured my affections, and like all renegades I am of evil omen to those who surround me!†
Chpt 111-112 *
Definition:
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(abjure) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief -- usually under pressure