abdication
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ab·di·cate
(ăb′dĭ-kāt′)v. ab·di·cat·ed, ab·di·cat·ing, ab·di·cates
v.tr.
To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.
v.intr.
To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility.
[Latin abdicāre, abdicāt-, to disclaim : ab-, away; see ab-1 + dicāre, to proclaim; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
ab′di·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj.
ab′di·ca′tion n.
ab′di·ca′tor n.
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abdication
the formal act by a regent of resigning from his position.
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Noun | 1. | abdication - a formal resignation and renunciation of powers resignation - the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) |
2. | abdication - the act of abdicating resignation - a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month" |
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abdication
noun
1. resignation, quitting, retirement, retiral (chiefly Scot.) the abdication of Edward VIII
2. giving up, yielding, surrender, waiving, renunciation, cession, relinquishment, abjuration Edward was titled Duke of Windsor after his abdication of the throne.
3. renunciation, giving up, surrender, abandonment, waiver, abnegation, relinquishment There had been a complete abdication of responsibility.
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abdication
nounA giving up of a possession, claim, or right:
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Translations
تَنَازُل عَن العَرْش
абдикация
abdikacevzdání se
abdikationfrasigelseoverladelse
abdikaatio
abdikacija
leköszönés
afsölun
abdikasjonfrasielse
abdikácia
abdikationavgång
tahttan çekilmeterketmevazgeçme
abdication
[ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən] N1. [of monarch] → abdicación f
2. [of responsibility, right] → renuncia f (of a)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
abdication
[ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən] n [monarch, king, queen] → abdication f
abdication of responsibility → fuite f de responsabilité
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
abdication
n (of monarch) → Abdankung f, → Abdikation f (dated geh); (of pope) → Verzicht m; his abdication of the throne → sein Verzicht auf den Thron
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
abdicate
(ˈӕbdikeit) verb1. to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen. The king abdicated (the throne) in favour of his son.
2. to leave or give up (responsibility, power etc). He abdicated all responsibility for the work to his elder son.
ˌabdiˈcation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.