abdication

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === abdication (countable and uncountable, plural abdications) (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.] The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.] The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. [First attested in the late 17th century.] (obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [Attested only in the mid 18th century.] (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Abdication in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abdicātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === abdication f (plural abdications) abdication ==== Related terms ==== abdiquer ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: абдика́ция (abdikácija) → Dutch: abdicatieAfrikaans: abdikasie→ Indonesian: abdikasi→ Malay: abdikasi === Further reading === “abdication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Noun === abdication (plural abdicationes) abdication