The earl made his submission, and agreed to relinquish the title of O'Neill, and to abjure for ever all alliances with foreign powers or with any of the enemies of the Crown.

At the age of forty-two Rousseau revisited Protestant Geneva, abjured in its turn the Catholic faith, and was offered the post of librarian of the city.

"That is not enough: you shall abjure at once or you shall burn.

Byron abjured with disgust the social vices to which he was introduced; Hook fell in with them.