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What does abjuration mean?

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  1. A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle. [Mid 17th century.]
  3. The act of abjuring.
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The dramatic crisis stems from Galileo's enforced abjuration in 1633 of his belief in a heliocentric universe.
The response among younger women to this dilemma, at least in the feverish imagination of the media, has been an abjuration of femininity.
Tecla Georgis renounced his abjuration, and at his death persisted in his errors.
The Inquisition had accepted Cardano's private abjuration, extracting a promise from him never to teach or publish in the Papal States again.
The young preacher was summoned to take the oath of allegiance and abjuration.
This fugitive role has always been in play, however, and the abjuration of a role might just be another part of his peculiar mischief.

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