abjuration

[ab-juh-rey-shuh n]

the act of abjuring.

renunciation upon oath.

Origin of abjuration

1505–15; < Medieval Latin abjūrātiōn- (stem of abjūrātiō); see abjure, -ate¹, -ion

Related formsnon·ab·ju·ra·tion, noun

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The offer was accepted, his abjuration was taken by a priest, and he was set at liberty.
Fox's Book of Martyrs
John Foxe
The young preacher was summoned to take the oath of allegiance and abjuration.
History of the Moravian Church
J. E. Hutton
She testified to her abjuration in hourly ingenious, touching ways.
The Real Thing and Other Tales
Henry James
The Abjuration Bill and a money bill were awaiting his assent.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
The republic existed, in fact, from the moment of the abjuration in 1581.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84
John Lothrop Motley

Word Origin and History for abjuration

mid-15c., from Latin abjurationem (nominative abjuratio) "a denying on oath," noun of action from past participle stem of abjurare (see abjure).