abjuration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
2. (countable, uncountable) A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of abjuring.

Synonyms

recantation

renunciation

denial

abnegation

refusal

oath

retraction

apostasy

disavowal

disavowel

repudiation

rejection

renouncement

negation

cancelling

disaffirmation

disclaimer

disowning

disownment

forbiddance

abnegate

perversion

pledge

references

Translations

abjuración

abiura

afzwering

abjuration

απάρνηση

abnégation

abjuração

abrenuntiatio

Abschwörung

ritrattazione

verzaking

αποκήρυξη

παραιτηση

abjuració

verloochening

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæb.d͡ʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: abjuracioun

In summary

First attested around 1439. From Middle English abjuracioun, from Latin abiūrātiō (“forswearing, abjuration”), from ab (“from, away from”) + iūrō (“swear or take an oath”), from iūs (“law, right, duty”). Compare French abjuration.