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abjuration
noun[ C or U ]
religion formal or specializeduk /ˌæb.dʒʊˈreɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌæb.dʒʊˈreɪ.ʃən/
a formal or public statement that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving:
She was forced to make an abjuration of her Catholic faith.
Her abjuration of her belief in independence for the country came as a major shock.
Following his abjuration of his dissolute past, he was accepted back into the Church.
Galileo was forced into an abjuration of his belief that the Earth orbits the Sun.
One of the duties of a coroner in the Middle Ages was to accept the abjurations of those seeking sanctuary.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
blow (something) out
decline
disavow
gainsay
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
quit
rebel
refuse
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom
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