abjuration
noun
1 abjuration
A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.
synonyms: recantation, retraction.
Roget 536:
negation,
abnegation;
denial;
disavowal,
disclaimer;
abjuration;
contradiction,
contravention;
recusation [Law],
protest;
recusancy
etc.
(dissent)
489;
flat contradiction,
emphatic contradiction,
emphatic denial,
dementi [Lat.].
qualification
etc.
469;
repudiation
etc.
610;
retraction
etc.
607;
confutation
etc.
479;
refusal
etc.
764;
prohibition
etc.
761.
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Roget 607:
change of mind,
change of intention,
change of purpose;
afterthought.
tergiversation,
recantation;
palinode,
palinody†;
renunciation;
abjuration†,
abjurement;
defection
etc.
(relinquishment)
624;
going over
etc.
v.;
apostasy;
retraction,
retractation†;
withdrawal;
disavowal
etc.
(negation)
536;
revocation,
revokement†;
reversal;
repentance
etc.
950;
redintegratio amoris [Lat.].
coquetry;
vacillation
etc.
605;
backsliding;
volte-face [Fr.].
turn coat,
turn tippet†;
rat,
apostate,
renegade;
convert,
pervert;
proselyte,
deserter;
backslider;
blackleg,
crawfish [U.S.],
scab [Slang],
mugwump [U.S.],
recidivist.
time server,
time pleaser†;
timist†,
Vicar of Bray,
trimmer,
ambidexter†;
weathercock
etc.
(changeable)
149;
Janus.
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Roget 757:
resignation,
retirement,
abdication,
renunciation,
abjuration;
abandonment,
relinquishment.
Dutch: afzwering, herroeping
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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