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abjuration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | recantation, retraction |
| Type of | disavowal, disclaimer |
| Has types | backdown, climb-down, withdrawal |
| Derivation | abjure |
Examples of abjuration
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Abjuration of the realm was a type of abjuration in ancient English law.
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The court substituted a different abjuration in the official record.
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The illiterate defendant signed an abjuration document she did not understand under threat of immediate execution.
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Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege.
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Once an MP, Burke was required to take the oath of allegiance and abjuration, the oath of supremacy, and declare against transubstantiation.
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A third controversy sprung up in 1180, when Manuel objected to the formula of solemn abjuration, which was exacted from Muslim converts.
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By September he had published an abjuration, but was transferred to Rome, and remained in custody or house arrest till absolved in April 1550.
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According to popular legend, after his abjuration Galileo allegedly muttered the rebellious phrase And yet it moves, but there is no evidence that he actually said this or anything similar.
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- Retraction: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
- (abjure) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
- 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").
- Magic of Dungeons & Dragons consists of spells used in the settings of the role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). There is little if any similarity between these fictional spells and any actual historical mythology. ...
- (abjuratory) Containing abjuration
- (abjure) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate
- (abjure) (v) to renounce (give up or put aside voluntarily) solemnly, esp. by formal declaration
- (abjure) (v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the president abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)
- (abjure) to promise to give up
