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abjuration n. 放棄,誓絕 放棄,誓絕 abjuration n 1: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [ synonym: { retraction}, { abjuration}, { recantation}] Abjuration \ Ab` ju* ra" 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. [ 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. [ 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, yieldingABJURATION. 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 citizenof the United States, he shall declare on oath or affirmation before thecourt where the application shall be made, inter alia, that he dothabsolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelitywhich he owes to any foreign prince, & c., and particularly, by name, theprince, & 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 anEnglishman binds himself not to acknowledge any right in the Pretender tothe throne of England. 4.- 3 It signifies also, according to 25 Car. H., an oath abjuring tocertain doctrines of the church of Rome. 5.- 4. In the ancient English law it was a renunciation of one' scountry and taking an oath of perpetual banishment. A man who had committeda 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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