Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abjuration \Ab`ju*ra"tion\, n. [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.

Source : WordNet®

abjuration
     n : a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: {retraction},
          {recantation}]