Antonyms for adjuration
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : aj-uh-rey-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌædʒ əˈreɪ ʃən |
- acceptance
- affirmation
- agreement
- allowance
- answer
- approval
- avowal
- break
- claim
- confirmation
- contradiction
- corroboration
- countermand
- denial
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- disorganization
- endorsement
- irresponsibility
- kindness
- lawlessness
- OK
- opposition
- permission
- pleasantry
- ratification
- recall
- refusal
- reply
- retraction
- reversal
- revocation
- sanction
- silence
- subordination
- ugliness
- vouching
Definition of adjuration
Origin :- late 14c., "exorcism," from Late Latin adjurationem (nominative adjuratio) "a swearing to," noun of action from past participle stem of adjurare (see adjure). Originally a term in exorcism (with conjuration). General sense is from 17c.
- As in oath : noun promise
- As in supplication : noun entreaty
- As in imploration : noun appeal
- As in traversal : noun denial
- As in command : noun directive, instruction
- As in denial : noun dismissal, refusal of belief in
- As in appeal : noun request for help
- He looked so serious that his friend repeated his adjuration.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The preacher, nearing his peroration, rose to a last frenzy of adjuration.
- Extract from : « Tales of Mean Streets » by Arthur Morrison
- For instance, in the adjuration of Achilles by the staff or sceptre.
- Extract from : « Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 » by W. E. Gladstone
- But Grace was so frightened, and so pledge-bound, that no adjuration stopped her.
- Extract from : « Cripps, the Carrier » by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
- This time it was not merely an adjuration, it was a command.
- Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
- I asked the spirit some questions, and then pronounced the adjuration.
- Extract from : « The Other World; or, Glimpses of the Supernatural (Vol. II of II) » by Various
- I would have been prepared for it in any kind of adjuration, but I was not prepared for what I heard.
- Extract from : « Great Ghost Stories » by Various
- But Longsword did not wait for her to finish her adjuration.
- Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis
- But this time, too, her adjuration failed to awaken an echo.
- Extract from : « The Song of Songs » by Hermann Sudermann
- But only the rippling voice of the burn answered my adjuration.
- Extract from : « Bye-Ways » by Robert Smythe Hichens
Synonyms for adjuration
- abnegation
- abstaining
- act
- address
- adjuration
- affidavit
- affirmation
- appeal
- application
- avowal
- ban
- behest
- bid
- bidding
- bond
- brush-off
- call
- canon
- caveat
- charge
- citation
- claim
- cold shoulder
- commandment
- contract
- contradiction
- controversion
- declination
- decree
- demand
- deposition
- devoir
- dictate
- dictation
- dictum
- direction
- disaffirmance
- disaffirmation
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- dismissing
- disproof
- dissent
- duty
- edict
- enactment
- entreaty
- exaction
- fiat
- forswearing
- gainsaying
- imperative
- imploration
- importunity
- imposition
- injunction
- interdiction
- invocation
- law
- mandate
- nay
- negation
- negative
- nix
- no way
- nonacceptance
- noncommittal
- notification
- obligation
- order
- ordinance
- overture
- petition
- plea
- pledge
- prayer
- precept
- prescript
- proclamation
- profession
- prohibition
- proposal
- proposition
- proscription
- protestation
- question
- rebuff
- rebuttal
- recourse
- refraining
- refusing
- refutal
- refutation
- regulation
- rejecting
- rejection
- renegement
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiating
- repudiation
- repulse
- request
- requirement
- requisition
- responsibility
- retraction
- rule
- solicitation
- statement
- statement abnegation
- submission
- subpoena
- suit
- summons
- supplication
- sworn declaration
- sworn statement
- testimony
- turndown
- ultimatum
- veto
- vow
- warrant
- will
- word
- word of honor
- writ
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