abdication

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English

Etymology

First attested in 1552. From Middle French abdication, from Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

abdication (countable and uncountable, plural abdications)

  1. (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [2]
  3. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [2]
  4. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. [2]
    abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
    the king’s abdication
  5. (obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [2]
  6. (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [2]

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References

  1. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 , →ISBN), page 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdication”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abdicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

abdication f (plural abdications)

  1. abdication

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Interlingua

Noun

abdication (plural abdicationes)

  1. abdication
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