Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Abjuration (n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
(2) - 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.

(1) - Abjuratory (a.) Containing abjuration.

(1) - Abjure (v. i.) To renounce on oath.
(2) - Abjure (v. t.) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
(3) - Abjure (v. t.) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

(1) - Abjurer (n.) One who abjures.