Ăb'jū-rā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. abjuratio, Fr. abjuration.]
- The act of abjuring; a renunciation upon oath; as, an abjuration of the realm, by which a person swears to leave the country, and never to return.
- A rejection, denial, or recantation with solemnity; a solemn renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly disclaiming such right in the descendants of the Pretender. Brande.