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Definition of Abjuration
1. Noun. A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.
Generic synonyms: Disavowal, Disclaimer
Specialized synonyms: Backdown, Climb-down, Withdrawal
Derivative terms: Abjure, Recant, Retract
Definition of Abjuration
1. n. 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.
Definition of Abjuration
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an '''abjuration''' of heresy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abjuration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abjuration
Literary usage of Abjuration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High by Edward Coke (1797)
"By which aft, fuch abjuration *8 H. 8. cap. i. as was at the common law, founded (as
hath been faid) upon the 33H>8. cap. ..."
2. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1824)
"abjuration is an oath, which a man or woman take, when they have com* milled ...
The coroner shall lake the abjuration of him who acknowledges a felony in ..."
3. The Jews and the English Law by Henry Straus Quixano Henriques (1908)
"However, after the death of James II oath of ° i11 I7°I aQd the recognition of
his son, the Old Pretender, abjuration as king, not only by the Jacobite ..."
4. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"A. abjuration BILL, brought into the House of Commons, 451. Its pr_>- visions, 4-52.
... Another abjuration Bill introduced into the House of Lords, 454. ..."
5. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"We have here exemplified this abjuration just according to the originals, ...
Some Observations on this abjuration. The archbishop of York mentioned therein ..."
6. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"49 (1833), the oath of abjuration is modified for Quakers and Moravians by the
withdrawal of the words, " upon the true faith of a Christian. ..."
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