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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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