abdication

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The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
{n} the deserting of a public trust or office
a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
the act of abdicating
{i} act of relinquishing office or power, resignation
abdication of the throne
{i} renunciation of the throne
abdicate
To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy

The understanding abdicates its functions.

abdicate
to give up (royal power or the like)
abdicate
{v} to abandon an office or power, without a formal resignation
Abdicate
(v), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
Abdicate
To abandon or step down from power
Abdicate
to give up power
Abdicate
To formally give up power When a monarch gives up his throne, for example
Abdicate
to resign
Abdicate
to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
Abdicate
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Abdicate
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
abdicate
To reject; to cast off
abdicate
To renounce; to relinquish; said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc
abdicate
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity
abdicate
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
abdicate
{f} relinquish office or power, resign; renounce, give up
abdicate
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty
abdicate
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit
abdicate
disapproval If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer. Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children. + abdication ab·di·ca·tion There had been a complete abdication of responsibility
abdicate
If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen. The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848. + abdication ab·di·ca·tion the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII
abdicate
To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
abdications
plural of abdication
abdication

    Hyphenation

    ab·di·ca·tion

    Turkish pronunciation

    äbdîkeyşın

    Pronunciation

    /ˌabdəˈkāsʜən/ /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/

    Etymology

    () Latin abdicatio: compare French abdication; From abdicate + -ion
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