different between disavowal vs abjuration

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s??va?(?)?]
• Rhymes: -a??l

Noun

disavowal (plural disavowals)

1. A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (or someone).
   • 1809 — James Madison, First State of the Union address

     Whatever pleas may be urged for a disavowal of engagements formed by diplomatic functionaries in cases where by the terms of the engagements a mutual ratification is reserved, or where notice at the time may have been given of a departure from instructions, or in extraordinary cases essentially violating the principles of equity, a disavowal could not have been apprehended in a case where no such notice or violation existed, where no such ratification was reserved, and more especially where, as is now in proof, an engagement to be executed without any such ratification was contemplated by the instructions given, and where it had with good faith been carried into immediate execution on the part of the United nations.

Related terms

• disavow
• disavowed

Translations

English

Etymology

First attested around 1439. From Middle English abjuracioun, from Latin abi?r?ti? (“forswearing, abjuration”), from ab (“from, away from”) + i?r? (“swear or take an oath”), from i?s (“law, right, duty”). Compare French abjuration.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.d?????e?.?n?/, /?æb.d?????e?.?n?/, /?æb.d??????e?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abjuration (countable and uncountable, plural abjurations)

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 17^th century.]
3. The act of abjuring.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• abjuration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

abjurer +? -ation, copying Latin abi?r?ti? (“forswearing, abjuration”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.?y.?a.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

abjuration f (plural abjurations)

1. (formal) The action of abjurer.

Further reading

• “abjuration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).