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abjuration

noun as in retraction

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This having been read, he next had to read word for word the abjuration which had been drawn up for him, and then sign it.

Copies of the abjuration were immediately sent to all Universities, with instructions to the professors to read it publicly.

They even accepted the general's excuse for not at once taking the Oath of Abjuration.

The Oath of Abjuration was tendered to him and he refused it.

We may even get her to maintain that her abjuration was the result of a snare, a surprise.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to abjuration, such as: backdown, recantation, renunciation, withdrawal, and palinode.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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