abdication
English
Etymology
First attested in 1552. From Middle French abdication, from Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō[1].
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - 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.][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[First attested in the late 17th century.][2]
- abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
- (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
the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder
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References
- Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2
- “abdication” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃/
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Related terms
Further reading
- “abdication” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
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