abjuration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
    recantation; retraction.

WordNet

Ab`ju*ra"tion noun
Etymology
L. abjuratio: cf. F. abjuration.
Definitions
  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.
  2. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. Brande & C.

Webster 1913