abdication
[ab-di-key-shuh n]
- the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.
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Origin of abdication
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Contemporary Examples
And if anyone thought this was an abdication and a letting go of the unruly region they need to think again.
Tuesday was declared a day to “Save the Nation,” and people across the country once again demanded the abdication of SCAF.
So I made some records [Ed note: Life in Exile After Abdication is incredible] and toured and stuff.
With the abdication of Queen Beatrix on Tuesday, the Dutch have a new queen—and a new fashion icon, as well.
Bergoglio is 76 years old—nine years younger than Benedict at the time of his abdication.
Historical Examples
There had been a great reverse of fortune, an abdication, and a flight.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
It is the act of abdication, George—the moment of dethronement, that I could not face.
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's FollyCharles James Lever
If you find that I am in the wrong my abdication shall be at your service.
The TraitorsE. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The fundamental condition of life is the innate heat, the abdication of which is death.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
They offered Italy to me as the price of my abdication: I refused it.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. IFleury de Chaboulon.
Word Origin and History for abdication
n.
1550s, "a disowning," from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) "renunciation, abdication," noun of action from past participle stem of abdicare (see abdicate); sense of "resignation of sovereignty" is from 1680s.
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