abjuration

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

In accusations of heresy, supported by evidence, however, no one could be admitted to abjuration who did not confess that of which he was accused.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

John Russell introduced a motion that the House should resolve itself into a committee to consider the mode of administering the oath of abjuration to persons professing the Jewish religion.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

After abjuration, he was duly absolved and condemned to degradation from holy orders and imprisonment for life, in chains and on bread and water, in the inquisitorial prison of Carcassonne.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

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.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah