From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abjuration \Ab'ju*ra"tion\, noun [L. abjuratio: cf. F. abjuration.]
1. 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.
2. A solemn recantation or 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 abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. --Brande & C.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: {retraction}, {recantation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "abjuration": abandonment, abdication, abeyance, abjurement, abrogation, absolute contradiction, annulment, cessation, cession, chucking, chucking out, cold storage, contempt, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, controversion, countering, crossing, declination, declining, denial, desistance, despisal, despising, disaffirmation, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, discard, disclaimer, disclamation, discontinuance, discounting, dismissal, disowning, disownment, dispensation, disposal, disposition, disproof, disregard, dropping out, dumping, exception, exclusion, expatriation, forbearance, forgoing, forswearing, gainsaying, getting rid of, giving up, handing over, ignoring, impugnment, letting go, nonacceptance, nonapproval, nonconsideration, nonexercise, nullification, palinode, palinody, passing by, putting away, putting out, rebuff, recantation, refusal, refutation, rejection, release, relinquishment, reneging, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, resignation, retractation, retraction, revocation, revokement, riddance, sacrifice, scouting, spurning, surrender, suspension, swearing off, throwing out, turning out, unsaying, waiver, withdrawal, withdrawing, yielding
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