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abdication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stepping down |
| Type of | resignation |
| Derivation | abdicate |
abdication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stepping down |
| Type of | resignation |
| Derivation | abdicate |
Examples of abdication
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Edward's abdication led to Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne in 1952.
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Her politics and rebellious spirit persisted long after her abdication of power.
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With the abdication of John Balliol, Scotland was effectively without a monarch.
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That is both a dangerous abdication of responsibility and a missed opportunity.
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But years of judicial abdication in the economic realm should not justify more.
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After the abdication of King Miguel, the liberal constitution was re-established.
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He ruled from 1959 after his father's death, until his forced abdication in 1975.
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The day before the abdication, he went to London to see his mother, Queen Mary.
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Their actions clearly show an egregious abdication of moral and ethical behavior.
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- A formal resignation and renunciation of powers
- The act of abdicating
- (abdicate) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
- Abdication (from the Latin abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, away from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one) is the act of renouncing and resigning from a formal office, especially from the supreme office of state. ...
- The Abdication is a 1974 British historical drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Graham Crowden and James Faulkner. The film's score was composed by Nino Rota.
- (abdicate) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy; To reject; to cast off; To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; ...
- (Abdicate) v., to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
- (Abdicate) To abandon or step down from power.
- (Abdicate) To formally give up power. When a monarch gives up his throne, for example.
