abjurations
n. C1 Advanced ab·ju·ra·tions
n. formal statements where someone gives up a belief, a job, or a title. It is a very serious way to say you no longer want to be part of something.
n. formal renunciations or rejections of a belief, office, or title. Often used in legal or religious contexts to describe the official abandonment of a position or doctrine.
The former king made several abjurations before leaving the country.
The treaty required both nations to make public abjurations of their previous claims to the disputed territory.
Historians often examine the abjurations of the exiled nobles to understand the political shifts that occurred during the transition of power.