Why this word is great
ABJUGATE — [Verb] To unyoke, set free, or uncouple. From the Latin abiugare, from ab- ("away from") and iugare ("to bind or yoke"). Unlike "subjugate," which forces under a new yoke of control, or "conjugate," which implies a binding union, "abjugate" is the precise, ceremonial reversal of such a bond. It is the creak of the leather strap being unbuckled at the end of a long furrow, the deliberate uncoupling of rusted railway cars, and the quiet legal severance of a burdensome alliance—a severance that is not loss, but the hollow, unaccustomed liberation of a bond rendered obsolete by the conclusion of its own long duty.