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“adjuration”
1. A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.
2. The act of abjuring; renunciation upon oath; as "an abjuration of the realm," by which a person swears to leave the country, and never to return.
2. The act of abjuring; renunciation upon oath; as "an abjuration of the realm," by which a person swears to leave the country, and never to return.
It is a reference also for the oath of renunciation. Formerly in England, felons, taking refuge in a church, and confessing their guilt, could not be arrested and tried, but might save their lives by "abjuring the realm"; that is by taking an oath to leave the kingdom forever.
3. A rejection or denial with solemnity; a total abandonment; as "an abjuration of heresy."
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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jus-, just-, jur-
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