"a" word

i enjoy building my vocabulary, so im gonna branch out one letter at a time....starting with A.

Abjure(ab-joor) :
verb (used with object), -jured, -jur⋅ing.
1. to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.
2. to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.
3. to avoid or shun.

now try to use it in a sentence....