Anagrams of: OBJURGATIVE

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• large mostly white Australian stork

• large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

• large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

• mouselike jumping rodent

• a small and delicately worked piece

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• dance to jive music; dance the jive

• a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt