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abjuration

[ ab-juh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

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


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Other Words From

  • nonab·ju·ration noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abjuration1

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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