Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abjuration"
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) 1.7 (wn)
abjuration
n : a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: {retraction},
{recantation}]
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