abdication
The act of abdicatingThe act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
» The monarch's abdication was a shock to the nation.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
Abdankung
отрече́ниеotrečénije, абдика́цияabdikácija
(countable, uncountable)The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
the king’s abdication
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
the act of abdicating
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
Examples
2 sentencesThe monarch's abdication was a shock to the nation.
Abdication is like retirement.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface anaFirst attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: abdications| Singular | abdication |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the act of abdicating:stepping down
- a formal resignation and renunciation of powers:stepping down
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable