Abjuration

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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.

2. Noun

A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

3. Noun

a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
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