abjuration

ab·jure (

b-j

)

tr.v. ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures

1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate: "For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain 'Mr.'" (Time).

2. To renounce under oath; forswear.

[Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abirre : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + irre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]

abju·ration n.

ab·jurer n.

abjuration

the act of renouncing upon oath, as by an alien applying for citizenship who renounces allegiance to a former country of nationality.

See also: Renunciation

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Noun

abjuration - a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

recantation, retraction

disavowal, disclaimer - denial of any connection with or knowledge of

backdown, climb-down, withdrawal - a retraction of a previously held position

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abjuration

n → Abschwören nt

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abdication Abjuratory abjure abnegation allegiance Backdown climb-down desertion disavowal disclaimer Oath of abjuration Recantation renunciation repudiation retraction waiver withdrawal	Tecla Georgis renounced his abjuration, and at his death persisted in his errors. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context To refuse to suffer is a sign of weakness rather than of courage, and, moreover, was it not a sort of recusance to take leave of life in despondency, an abjuration of the Christian faith which is based upon the sublime words of Jesus Christ: 'Blessed are they that mourn. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context Though I made no further observation of her at the moment, I may mention here what I did not discover until afterwards, namely, that she was one of a series of protegees whom my aunt had taken into her service expressly to educate in a renouncement of mankind, and who had generally completed their abjuration by marrying the baker. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context	abiogenic Abiogenist Abiogenous Abiogeny abiological abiology abiosis abiotic abiotrophy abirritant abirritate Abirritation Abirritative Abit Abitibi Lake abject Abjectedness Abjection abjectly abjectness Abjudge Abjudicate Abjudication Abjugate Abjunctive abjuration Abjuratory abjure Abjurement Abjurer Abkhas Abkhasian Abkhaz Abkhazia Abkhazian abl. Ablactate ablactation Ablaqueate Ablaqueation Ablastemic ablate ablated ablation Ablatitious ablative ablative absolute ablative case ablator ablaut ablaze	Abiza Abiza ABJ ABJA ABJC abject abject abject abject fear abject slavery Abjectedness abjection abjection abjection abjectly abjectly abjectness abjectness Abjects Abjects ABJI ABJM ABJS Abjudge Abjudge Abjudicate Abjudicate Abjudication Abjugate Abjunctive abjuration Abjuration of the realm Abjuration of the realm abjurations abjurations Abjuratory abjure abjure Abjure the realm Abjure the realm abjured abjured Abjured the realm Abjured the realm Abjurement Abjurement abjurer abjurer abjures abjures abjures the realm abjures the realm abjuring abjuring abjuring the realm abjuring the realm ABJVP Abk ABKA Abkazia Abkazia

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abdication
Abjuratory
abjure
abnegation
allegiance
Backdown
climb-down
desertion
disavowal
disclaimer
Oath of abjuration
Recantation
renunciation
repudiation
retraction
waiver
withdrawal

Tecla Georgis renounced his abjuration, and at his death persisted in his errors.

A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context

To refuse to suffer is a sign of weakness rather than of courage, and, moreover, was it not a sort of recusance to take leave of life in despondency, an abjuration of the Christian faith which is based upon the sublime words of Jesus Christ: 'Blessed are they that mourn.

The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context

Though I made no further observation of her at the moment, I may mention here what I did not discover until afterwards, namely, that she was one of a series of protegees whom my aunt had taken into her service expressly to educate in a renouncement of mankind, and who had generally completed their abjuration by marrying the baker.

David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context

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