abjuration

[ ab-juh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of abjuring.
2. renunciation upon oath.

Other Words From

• nonab·ju·ration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abjuration¹

1505–15; < Medieval Latin abjūrātiōn- (stem of abjūrātiō ); abjure, -ate ¹, -ion

Example Sentences

This having been read, he next had to read word for word the abjuration which had been drawn up for him, and then sign it.

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Copies of the abjuration were immediately sent to all Universities, with instructions to the professors to read it publicly.

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They even accepted the general's excuse for not at once taking the Oath of Abjuration.

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The Oath of Abjuration was tendered to him and he refused it.

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We may even get her to maintain that her abjuration was the result of a snare, a surprise.

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