different between disavowment vs abjuration

English

Etymology

disavow +? -ment

Noun

disavowment (usually uncountable, plural disavowments)

1. disavowal
   • January 17 1637, Henry Wotton, letter to the Right Worthy Provost and Professor Regius of Divinity in Cambridge

     For as touching the Tridentine History, His Holiness (?ayes the Cardinal ) will not press you to any disavowment thereof, though you have an Epistle before the Original Edition

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).