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Abjuration

noun
1.
A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.  Synonyms: recantation, retraction.





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... and that among them are the Monarchy of England and the rights of the Crown. For practical purposes, perhaps, the creed is obsolete, but it lives in the imagination, and the sentiments which spring from it are part of the cement of Toryism. The solemn abjuration which is now proposed in the name of Neo-conservatism ...
— The Contemporary Review, January 1883 - Vol 43, No. 1 • Various


Words linked to "Abjuration" :   disavowal, climb-down, disclaimer, recantation, backdown, abjure, withdrawal


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