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abdication

[ ab-di-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.

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  • nonab·di·cation noun

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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

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