1) French word used in English 2) Renunciation 3) Resignation 4) Stepping down 5) The act of abdicating
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Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. ==Terminology== The word abdication derives from the Latin abdicatio meaning to disown or renounce (from ab, away from, and dicare, to dedicate or relinquish). In its broadest sense abdication is the act of renouncing and resigning from any formal office, but it is applied espe...
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• (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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[Noun] The action of giving up being a king or queen.
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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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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 the throne, government, power, authority.
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giving up control authorityÂ
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n] - a formal resignation and renunciation of powers 2. [n] - the act of abdicating
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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 renunciation or relinquishment of the ownership of goods by a...
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stepping down noun a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
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the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.
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the act of giving up power
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