abdication
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dɪˈkeɪ noun
the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.
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abdicate (ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to renounce (a throne, power, responsibility, rights, etc), esp formally | |
| [C16: from the past participle of Latin abdicāre to proclaim away, disclaim] | |
| abdicable | |
| —adj | |
| abdi'cation | |
| —n | |
| abdicative | |
| —adj | |
| 'abdicator | |
| —n | |
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Abdication
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Word Origin & History
abdication
1550s, "a disowning," from L. abdicationem (nom. abdicatio), noun of action from abdicare (see abdicate); sense of "resignation of sovereignty" is from 1688.
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