1.noun
- 'The Inquisition had accepted Cardano's private abjuration, extracting a promise from him never to teach or publish in the Papal States again.'
- 'He was condemned in 1595 ‘on grave suspicion of heresy’ and forced to make a formal public abjuration.'
((n.) 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.|--|(n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration
of heresy.|--|)
noun
1.
the act of abjuring.
2.
renunciation upon oath.