ABJURATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does abjuration mean? • ABJURATION (noun)
The noun ABJURATION has 1 sense:
1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
Familiarity information: ABJURATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABJURATION (noun)
Meaning:
A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
abjuration; recantation; retraction
Hypernyms ("abjuration" is a kind of...):
disavowal; disclaimer (denial of any connection with or knowledge of)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abjuration"):
backdown; climb-down; withdrawal (a retraction of a previously held position)
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