abjure

With great subversiveness, Portis consistently abjured America’s postwar fetishes for progress, social mobility and affluence.

If there was an abiding theme across X’s work and life, it was the attempt to subvert a fixed self, choosing to cycle through artistic personas and abjure her personal history.

Tunisia's army has historically abjured a political role and Saied has not yet tested the security forces by trying to mobilise them for a major crackdown on dissent.

As in his Tony-winning revival of “The Color Purple,” he abjures almost all specific signs of setting.

Those that succeeded did so by offering apt substitutions for in-person performance or by abjuring it completely in favor of a frankly virtual experience.