abjuration noun. [abdʒʊǝ'reɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin abjuratio(n-), from abjurat- pa. ppl stem of abjurare: see ABJURE, -ATION.]
1. (A) renunciation on oath; recantation, esp. of heresies. LME.
abjuration of the realm etc., an oath taken to leave the realm etc. for ever.

2. (An) official repudiation on oath of any ecclesiastical or political principle. M17.
Oath of Abjuration (obsolete exc. Hist.) an oath disclaiming allegiance to James, son of James II, or his descendants as claimants to the British throne.

Comb.:
abjuration oath (obsolete exc. Hist.) = Oath of Abjuration above.

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