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abjuration
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abjuration
n.
denial of an oath
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Abjuration
Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. (It comes from the Latin abjurare, "to forswear").
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abjuration
Noun
1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
(synonym) retraction, recantation
(hypernym) disavowal, disclaimer
(hyponym) withdrawal, backdown, climb-down
(derivation) abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
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abjuration
nf.
recantation, disavowal, renunciation, act of giving up; denial, relinquishment by formal declaration
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Abjuration
(n.)
The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
(n.)
A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
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