Abdication
[,æbdə'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of abdicating.
(noun.) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers.
Typed by Juan--From WordNet
Definition
(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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation, abandonment.
Editor: Olaf
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne.
Typist: Remington
Examples
- And so I have never regretted giving up either diplomacy or journalism--two different forms of the same self-abdication. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- His abdication, in any real sense of the word, would have simply thrown everything back into confusion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After his abdication the late king had retreated from the sphere of politics, yet his domestic circle afforded him small content. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was ready to go back to old times, and commemorate the contests of our fathers, and the monarch's abdication. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This night, this splendid assembly, these sumptuous apartments, and this adornment of your tearful girl, are all united to celebrate your abdication. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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