inkyon.
/ˈɪŋkjəʊ/ In Japan, the act of resigning or renouncing one's office or position; one who has thus abdicated or resigned. Also as adj.
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society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun]
resignationa1387
surceasingc1435
resign1457
cessationa1464
dimissiona1513
demission1577
cession1608
avoidance1642
retirement1648
cess1689
cesser1689
resigning1743
retiring1808
retiral1840
inkyo1871
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office > resigning or laying down office
resignationa1387
surceasingc1435
resign1457
dimissiona1513
demission1577
resigning1743
inkyo1871
society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who resigns
resigner1555
resignant1597
resignee1761
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1871 A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan II. 122 Inkiyô; abdication. The custom of abdication is common among all classes, from the Emperor down.
1896 L. Hearn Kokoro iii. 40 Old men and women likewise—the inkyō of the vicinity.
1896 L. Hearn Kokoro xii. 224 The aged inkyō, whose sight and hearing begin to fail, talks cheerily of the impending change that is to provide him with a fresh young body.
1911 B. H. Chamberlain Japanese Poetry 178 Little wonder that heads of families became inkyo..that is, retired from active life as early as possible.
1958 G. B. Sansom Hist. Japan to 1334 x. 199 It was common for the head of a great institution or a great house to retire at an early age... This custom, known as Inkyo (which means a sheltered or passive life) has not entirely disappeared.
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