Abjuration synonyms

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palinode
A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem.
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recantation
The act of recanting or something recanted
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retractation
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retraction
A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
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withdrawal
Discontinuance of the use of a drug or other substance, especially one that is addictive.
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accept (related)
A formal statement of disavowal
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controversion
(Chiefly archaic) controversy
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nonapproval
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palinody
Obsolete form of palinode.
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revokement
Revocation
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Find another word for abjuration. In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for abjuration, like: palinode, recantation, retractation, retraction, withdrawal, accept, controversion, nonapproval, palinody and revokement.
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Abjuration Sentence Examples

  • The direct result of this investigation is not known, but it is impossible to disconnect from it the promulgation by Pope Alexander V., on the 20th of December 1409, of a bull which ordered the abjuration of all Wycliffite heresies and the surrender of all his books, while at the same time - a measure specially levelled at the pulpit of Bethlehem chapel - all preaching was prohibited except in localities which had been by long usage set apart for that use.

  • The oath of abjuration of James was another cause of division, at least till it was watered down in 1719; and by 1726 a revival of the charges of heresy against Simson, with the increase of agitation against the majority of the Assembly who supported patrons, lighted a flame which burned the slight bonds that kept the extremists in union with the kirk.

  • What had been a slow movement between I585 and 1592 was quickened by Henry IV.s abjuration of Protestantism at Saint-Denis on the 23rd of July 1593.

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