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Abdication

//ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of abdicating wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a formal resignation and renunciation of powers wordnet
  5. 5
    The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. countable, uncountable

    "abdication of the throne, government, power, authority"

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  1. 6
    The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 7
    The action of being deposed from the seat of power. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate + -ion.

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