[ab-di-key-shuh
n] 
| the act or state of abdicating; renunciation. |
| ab·di·cate (āb'dĭ-kāt') v. ab·di·cat·ed, ab·di·cat·ing, ab·di·cates v. tr. To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally. v. intr. To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility. [Latin abdicāre, abdicāt-, to disclaim : ab-, away; see ab-1 + dicāre, to proclaim; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] ab'di·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj., ab'di·ca'tion n., ab'di·ca'tor n. |