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[ ab-di-key-shuhn ] / ˌæb dɪˈkeɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR abdication ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or state of abdicating; renunciation. Origin of abdicationFirst recorded in 1545–55, abdication is from the Latin word abdicātiōn- (stem of abdicātiō). See abdicate, -ion OTHER WORDS FROM abdicationnon·ab·di·ca·tion, nounWords nearby abdicationAbderhalden, Abd-er-Rahman Khan, Abdias, abdicant, abdicate, abdication, abdom., abdomen, abdomin-, abdominal, abdominal angina Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for abdicationAnd if anyone thought this was an abdication and a letting go of the unruly region they need to think again. Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’|Jamie Dettmer|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Tuesday was declared a day to “Save the Nation,” and people across the country once again demanded the abdication of SCAF. Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring|Ahdaf Soueif|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST So I made some records [Ed note: Life in Exile After Abdication is incredible] and toured and stuff. Moe Tucker’s Tribute to Velvet Underground Bandmate Lou Reed|Harry Siegel|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST With the abdication of Queen Beatrix on Tuesday, the Dutch have a new queen—and a new fashion icon, as well. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Is a New Style Icon|Erin Cunningham|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Bergoglio is 76 years old—nine years younger than Benedict at the time of his abdication. Introducing Pope Francis, Your New Papa|Eliza Shapiro, Lizzie Crocker|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Imperial Chancellor, on his own initiative, had summarily announced my abdication—which had not occurred yet at all! The Kaiser's Memoirs|William II, German Emperor After the edicts of abdication, the issue became one of ultra-idealist constitutionalism versus brutal military realism. Government in Republican China|Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger If the present writer ever learns the reasons of their abdication of this power, he will take occasion to tell them. Ferragus|Honore de Balzac Francis I died there in 1547, and as late as 1830 the last Charles, the tenth of that name, signed his abdication there. The Car That Went Abroad|Albert Bigelow Paine The King of Saxony accepted his deposition by a formal act of abdication two days later. And the Kaiser abdicates|S. Miles Bouton
Words related to abdicationabandonment, quitclaim, retirement, renunciation, surrender, resignation, disclaimer, disavowal, demission, stepping down |