2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjuration \Ab`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. abjuratio: cf F.
abjuration.]
1. 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.
2. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as an abjuration of
heresy.
{Oath of abjuration}, an oath asserting the right of the
present royal family to the crown of England, and
expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the
Pretender. --Brande & C.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abjuration
n : a disavowal of a previous assertion [syn: {retraction}, {recantation}]
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