abdication

[ab-di-key-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.

Other Word Forms

• nonabdication noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abdication¹

First recorded in 1545–55, abdication is from the Latin word abdicātiōn- (stem of abdicātiō ). See abdicate, -ion

Related Words

• abandonment