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Vinony

abdication

noun

  1. voluntary or forced renunciation of sovereign power
  2. to relinquish (power or responsibility)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

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

  1. The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
  2. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
  3. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.

    “abdication of the throne, government, power, authority”

    “the king’s abdication”

  4. The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
  5. The action of being deposed from the seat of power.