abjuration
noun
ab·ju·ra·tion
ˌab-jə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: the act or process of abjuring
2
: an oath of abjuring
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On reaching his destination, the abjuror was supposed to wade into the sea and cry out for passage (the main route in this high period of abjuration was from Dover to Wissant, just across the Channel).
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
On abjurations and conversions among Jews in 1938–39, see De Felice, Storia degli ebrei sotto il fascismo, 334.
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—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Slate Magazine, 20 Jan. 2017
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
On abjurations and conversions among Jews in 1938–39, see De Felice, Storia degli ebrei sotto il fascismo, 334.
5.
—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Slate Magazine, 20 Jan. 2017
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“Abjuration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abjuration. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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