abjuration

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
3. noun The act of abjuring.

Similar words

recantation retraction abjugation adjuration renouncement abdication apostasy abrogation avouchment renunciation

Often followed by

of oath and was bill in de to is

Word family

abjurations