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   abdication
   giving up control authority 
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   abdication
   [Noun] The action of giving up being a king or queen.
   See also: abdicate
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   abdication
   [n] - a formal resignation and renunciation of powers 2. [n] - the act of abdicating
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   abdication
   Voluntary renunciation of an office or dignity, usually the throne, by a ruler or sovereign. Abdication is not to be confused with deposition, whereby the ruler, although he or she may ostensibly...
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   Abdication
   Ab`di·ca'tion noun [ Latin abdicatio : confer French abdication .] 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 ...
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   abdication
   stepping down noun a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
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   Abdication
   • (n.) 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.
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   abdication
   abdication 1. The action of formally renouncing, disowning, or casting off. Now only applied to the disowning of a son in Roman Law. 2. Resignation, surrender, renunciation (generally). 3. Resignation or abandonment, either formal or virtual, of sovereignty or other high trust. 4. Formal renunciatio...
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   abdication
   abdication, in a political sense, renunciation of high public office, usually by a monarch. Some abdications have been purely voluntary and resulted in no loss of prestige. For instance, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who abdicated for religious motives, remained influential until his death, and Phil...
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    Abdication
    Abdication occurs when a monarch, such as a king or emperor, renounces his office. ==Terminology== The word abdication derives from the Latin abdicatio. meaning to disown or renounce (from ab, away from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one). In its broadest sense abdication ...
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    abdication
    1) Giving up control authority
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