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What does abjuration mean?

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  1. A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle. [Mid 17th century.]
  3. The act of abjuring.
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The young preacher was summoned to take the oath of allegiance and abjuration.
The letter of abjuration should be written on a blank sheet of paper and not on a sheet containing a letterhead.
The names and birth dates of the children should be mentioned in the letter of abjuration of the father and in that of the mother.
Tecla Georgis renounced his abjuration, and at his death persisted in his errors.
The response among younger women to this dilemma, at least in the feverish imagination of the media, has been an abjuration of femininity.
It is preferable for each person of legal age who abjures to write and sign his own letter of abjuration.

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