abdication
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in 1552.
- From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō[1].
- Compare French abdication below.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
abdication (plural abdications)
- (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.][2]
- The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.][2]
- The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority. [First attested in the late 17th century.][2]
- (obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [Attested only in the mid 18th century.][2]
- (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.][2]
Translations [edit]
the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder
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References [edit]
- ^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 2:
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 3:
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
abdication f (plural abdications)
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Interlingua [edit]
Noun [edit]
abdication (plural abdicationes)
