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Abdication

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

abdication

  1. 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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French

Feminine noun

  1. abdication



Interlingua

Feminine noun

  1. abdication



Romanica

Noun

abdication f

  1. abdication


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