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adjuration

[aj-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌædʒ əˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
appeal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
application bid call claim demand overture petition plea proposal question suit
STRONG
address entreaty importunity invocation prayer proposition recourse requisition solicitation submission supplication
WEAK
imploration
Antonyms
STRONGEST
answer reply
WEAK
denial disavowal disclaimer refusal retraction revocation ugliness
NOUN
command
Synonyms
STRONGEST
direction duty law mandate order regulation request responsibility rule word
STRONG
act ban behest bidding call canon caveat charge citation commandment decree demand devoir dictate dictation dictum edict enactment exaction fiat imperative imposition injunction interdiction notification obligation ordinance precept prescript proclamation prohibition proscription requirement requisition subpoena summons ultimatum warrant will writ
Antonyms
STRONGEST
answer disorganization irresponsibility lawlessness
STRONG
allowance permission request
WEAK
contradiction countermand opposition recall reversal revocation subordination
NOUN
denial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disapproval rebuttal rejection repudiation retraction veto
STRONG
brush-off contradiction declination disavowal disclaimer disproof dissent forswearing nay negation negative nix nonacceptance prohibition protestation rebuff refutal refutation renouncement renunciation repulse turndown
WEAK
abstaining cold shoulder controversion disallowance dismissing gainsaying noncommittal refraining refusing rejecting renegement repudiating statement abnegation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allowance approval confirmation ratification sanction
STRONG
agreement permission
WEAK
affirmation avowal claim corroboration vouching
NOUN
imploration
Synonyms
WEAK
address application bid call claim demand entreaty importunity invocation overture petition plea prayer proposal proposition question recourse requisition solicitation submission suit supplication
NOUN
oath
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affidavit deposition pledge testimony vow
STRONG
affirmation avowal bond contract profession word
WEAK
sworn declaration sworn statement word of honor
Antonyms
STRONGEST
break
STRONG
silence
WEAK
kindness pleasantry
NOUN
supplication
Synonyms
STRONG
appeal invocation petition prayer request
NOUN
traversal
Synonyms
STRONG
abnegation brush-off contradiction declination disaffirmation disapproval disavowal disclaimer disproof dissent forswearing nay negation negative nix nonacceptance prohibition protestation rebuff rebuttal refutal refutation rejection renouncement renunciation repudiation repulse retraction statement turndown veto
WEAK
abstaining cold shoulder controversion disaffirmance disallowance dismissing gainsaying noncommittal refraining refusing rejecting renegement repudiating
Antonyms
STRONG
OK acceptance agreement allowance approval confirmation corroboration endorsement permission ratification sanction

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New York's volcanic little Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia is paternally proud of his neat fleet of silver streamlined, street-cleaning trucks, which bear the adjuration: Our City�Yours and Mine�Keep It Clean.

From Time Magazine Archive

"God bless you!"—what on earth could Harry mean by that solemn adjuration under such strange and mysterious circumstances?

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

This strikes us now-a-days as anything but a very solemn or a very momentous form of adjuration.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

The solemn adjuration was put, the question asked, and Aymer in an audible voice replied, “I will.”

From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard

Just before he reached our company, a student major, in a frenzy of apprehension, came up and gave us one final adjuration not to wiggle.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

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