adjuration

Earnest formal plea

An adjuration is a solemn, earnest appeal or command, often invoking something sacred or binding: She ignored his adjurations to stay.

The word carries more weight than a simple request—it suggests urgency, formality, or an appeal to conscience or duty.

To adjure someone is to entreat or command them gravely.

oath

vow

Solemn personal commitment

pledgeBinding promise given
sworn statementLegally binding written testimony
promiseCommitment to act

covenant · affirmation · declaration · avowal · troth · word of honor · solemn promise · swearing · attestation · obligation

entreaty

supplication

Humble plea for help

appealFormal review request
petitionFormal written appeal
pleaFormal request or defense

imploration · beseeching · exhortation · invocation · intercession · urging · importunity · solicitation · call · demand

ritual

invocation

Calling upon higher authority

incantationSpoken magical formula
exorcismRitual to expel demons
ceremonyFormal event marking occasions

rite · blessing · consecration · banishment · sacramental · binding spell · summoning · evocation

Categories

pleasplea, pleas, please, prayers, entreaty
promptsprompt, prompts, prompting, cue, hint
exorcismexorcism, exorcist, demon, possession, possessed
invocationssummoning, calling, call, calling upon, evocation
commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run
formal statementsdeclaration, statement, assertion, affirmation, attestation

Opposites

formality and solemnity

adjurationchitchat

Informal light conversation

banter · small talk

speech act force

adjurationcommand

Authoritative instruction given

order · demand · decree · dictate · edict

earnestness of appeal

adjurationdismissal

Removal from position

Family

just, justice, injure, jury, justify, conjure, jurisdiction, perjury, abjure

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