abjuration
n . 放弃,誓绝
放弃,誓绝
abjuration n 1 :
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [
synonym :
{
retraction }, {
abjuration }, {
recantation }]
Abjuration \
Ab `
ju *
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tion \,
n . [
L .
abjuratio :
cf .
F .
abjuration .]
1 .
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A solemn recantation or renunciation ;
as ,
an abjuration of heresy .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Oath of abjuration },
an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England ,
and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender . --
Brande &
C .
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1913 Webster ]
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
abjuration ":
abandonment ,
abdication ,
abeyance ,
abjurement ,
abrogation ,
absolute contradiction ,
annulment ,
cessation ,
cession ,
chucking ,
chucking out ,
cold storage ,
contempt ,
contradiction ,
contrary assertion ,
contravention ,
controversion ,
countering ,
crossing ,
declination ,
declining ,
denial ,
desistance ,
despisal ,
despising ,
disaffirmation ,
disallowance ,
disapproval ,
disavowal ,
discard ,
disclaimer ,
disclamation ,
discontinuance ,
discounting ,
dismissal ,
disowning ,
disownment ,
dispensation ,
disposal ,
disposition ,
disproof ,
disregard ,
dropping out ,
dumping ,
exception ,
exclusion ,
expatriation ,
forbearance ,
forgoing ,
forswearing ,
gainsaying ,
getting rid of ,
giving up ,
handing over ,
ignoring ,
impugnment ,
letting go ,
nonacceptance ,
nonapproval ,
nonconsideration ,
nonexercise ,
nullification ,
palinode ,
palinody ,
passing by ,
putting away ,
putting out ,
rebuff ,
recantation ,
refusal ,
refutation ,
rejection ,
release ,
relinquishment ,
reneging ,
renouncement ,
renunciation ,
repudiation ,
repulse ,
resignation ,
retractation ,
retraction ,
revocation ,
revokement ,
riddance ,
sacrifice ,
scouting ,
spurning ,
surrender ,
suspension ,
swearing off ,
throwing out ,
turning out ,
unsaying ,
waiver ,
withdrawal ,
withdrawing ,
yielding ABJURATION .
1 .
A renunciation of allegiance to a country by oath .
2 .-
1 .
The act of Congress of the 14th of April ,
1802 ,
2 Story '
s Laws ,
U .
S .
850 ,
requires that when an alien shall apply to be admitted a citizen of the United States ,
he shall declare on oath or affirmation before the court where the application shall be made ,
inter alia ,
that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity which he owes to any foreign prince , &
c .,
and particularly ,
by name ,
the prince , &
c .,
whereof he was before a citizen or subject .
Rawle on the Const .
98 .
3 .-
2 .
In England the oath of abjuration is an oath by which an Englishman binds himself not to acknowledge any right in the Pretender to the throne of England .
4 .-
3 It signifies also ,
according to 25 Car .
H .,
an oath abjuring to certain doctrines of the church of Rome .
5 .-
4 .
In the ancient English law it was a renunciation of one '
s country and taking an oath of perpetual banishment .
A man who had committed a felony ,
and for safety flea to a sanctuary might within forty days '
confess the fact ,
and take the oath of abjuration and perpetual banishment ;
he was then transported .
This was abolished by Stat .
1 Jac .
1 ,
c .
25 .
Ayl .
Parerg .
14 .
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