abdication

Definitions

1. The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
   countable, uncountable
3. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
   countable, uncountable
4. The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“abdication of the throne, government, power, authority”

“the king’s abdication”

“So yes: the abdication was when the Windsors opened the gate. After that it was – and will be – whack-a-mole. Every crisis will draw⟳ significant numbers of people out who would ask⟳ why you couldn’t cut⟳ off whoever was displeasing them in that moment.”

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