abjuration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abjuration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for abjuration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abjuration n a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: retraction, abjuration, recantation]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjuration \Ab`jura"tion\, n. [L. abjuratio: cf. F. abjuration.] 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. {Oath of abjuration}, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. --Brande & C.