abdication
English edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1552. From Middle French abdication, from Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
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
- the king's abdication
- (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]
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder
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References edit
- ^ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdication”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin abdicātiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abdication f (plural abdications)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: абдика́ция (abdikácija)
Further reading edit
- “abdication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
abdication (plural abdicationes)