abjuration

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From Latin abiūrātiō (forswearing, abjuration), from ab (of, by, from) + iūro (swear or take an oath), from iūs (law, right, duty): compare French abjuration.

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Singular
abjuration

Plural
abjurations

abjuration (plural abjurations)

  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.

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abjurer +‎ -ation, copying Latin abiūrātiō (forswearing, abjuration).

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abjuration f. (plural abjurations)

  1. (formal) The action of abjurer.