What does the word abjure really mean?

Vice President Jejomar Binay repeatedly translated abjure to Filipino as "ikinahihiya" as he attacked Sen. Grace Poe's citizenship during the second leg of the PiliPinas Debates 2016 in Cebu City on Sunday.

“Paano ka magiging tunay na Pilipino kung sumumpa ka sa ibang bansa?” Binay asked Poe. “Sabi mo sa renouncement mo, ‘I will abjure,’ ikinahihiya mo ang pagiging Pilipino,” Binay told Poe during their face off.

A quick search on Merriam-Webster dictionary yields the meaning of abjure as “to renounce upon oath or to reject solemnly.”

Thesaurus.com lists the synonyms of the word abjure: forswear, recant, renege, renounce, retract, withdraw, and abstain from.

Meanwhile, Depinisyon.com translates abjure as “talikdan ang isinumpa, magbitiw.” Google translates abjure in Filipino as “magtakwil.” —ALG, GMA News