单词 | abjuration |
释义 | abjuration (once / 16718 pages) n When you've given up your old ideas about something, or retracted a statement you made earlier, you can call it abjuration. Your conservative uncle might be frustrated at the abjuration of your former political opinions, especially if you become a progressive Democrat. Many people experience an abjuration of their religious beliefs, renouncing one faith for another or dropping religion from their lives altogether. When you abjure something, you give it up or renounce it. The Latin root is abiurare, "deny on oath." WORD FAMILYabjuration: abjurations+/abjure: abjuration, abjured, abjurer, abjures, abjuring/abjurer: abjurers USAGE EXAMPLESBut when their popularity spawned numerous soft-core imitations, he revised his opinion again and published an “abjuration” of the trilogy. New York Times(Dec 26, 2012) Those whom he designated as heretics had the alternative of abjuration with perpetual imprisonment or of the stake—varied occasionally with burial alive. Lea, Henry Charles, A History of The Inquisition of The...(2012) An indispensable formality in all cases in which the culprit was admitted to reconciliation with the Church was abjuration of heresy. Lea, Henry Charles, A History of The Inquisition of The...(2012) n a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion Syn|Hypo|Hyper recantation, retraction backdown, climb-down, withdrawal a retraction of a previously held position disavowal, disclaimer denial of any connection with or knowledge of |
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