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Princeton's WordNet
abdication, stepping downnoun
a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
abdication, stepping downnoun
the act of abdicating
Wiktionary
abdicationnoun
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
Etymology: * First attested in 1552.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Abdicationnoun
The act of abdicating; resignation; quitting an office by one’s own proper act before the usual or stated expiration.
Etymology: abdicatio, Lat.
Neither doth it appear how a prince’s abdication can make any other sort of vacancy in the throne, than would be caused by his death; since he cannot abdicate for his children, otherwise than by his own consent in form to a bill from the two houses. Jonathan Swift, on the Sentiments of a Church of England man.
Wikipedia
Abdication
Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. Abdications have played various roles in the succession procedures of monarchies. While some cultures have viewed abdication as an extreme abandonment of duty, in other societies (such as pre-Meiji Restoration Japan), abdication was a regular event and helped maintain stability during political succession. Historically, abdications have occurred both by force (where the regnant was forced to abdicate on pain of death or other severe consequences) and voluntarily. Some rulers are deemed to have abdicated in absentia, vacating the physical throne and thus their position of power, although these judgements were generally pronounced by successors with vested interests in seeing the throne abdicated, and often without or despite the direct input of the abdicating monarch. Recently, due to the largely ceremonial nature of the regnant in many constitutional monarchies, many monarchs have abdicated due to old age, such as the monarchs of Spain, Cambodia, the Netherlands and Japan.
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abdication
Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing authority, power, or title, typically by a monarch or a person in a similar position. It involves stepping down or resigning from the position before the end of the specified term. Abdication is often voluntary but may also be instigated due to political pressure, health issues, personal reasons, or other factors.
abdication
Abdication is the act of formally and voluntarily giving up or renouncing a position of authority or power, often referring to a monarch or leader stepping down from their throne or position before their term has officially ended. Typically, this is permanent and is done through a formal declaration.
Webster Dictionary
Abdicationnoun
the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
Etymology: [L. abdicatio: cf. F. abdication.]
Wikidata
Abdication
Abdication is the renunciation by a monarch, such as a king or emperor of his or her office.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of abdication in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of abdication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of abdication in a Sentence
Most people will look upon 2019 as not a particularly good year for the institution but the queen came out pretty well, the monarchy has evolved over 1,000 years. It has had all sorts of circumstances running against it, but it has survived. It survived 1992, it survived the abdication of (King Edward VIII in) 1936, it survived 2019.
It is retreat in the face of an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated the concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan.
Precipitously withdrawing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell forces from Afghanistan is a grave mistake. It is a retreat in the face of an enemy that has not yet been vanquished, an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated a concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan. Those same voices in both parties should be equally concerned about the Joe Biden administration's announcement today.
I think that would be a terrible abdication of our global leadership when it comes to advocating for people who are the subject of persecution.
It is retreat in the faceof an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated the concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan.
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- تنازلArabic
- абдикацияBulgarian
- abdicacióCatalan, Valencian
- abdikaceCzech
- abdikation, abdiceringDanish
- Verzicht, AbdankungGerman
- abdicaciónSpanish
- کناره گیریPersian
- abdikaatioFinnish
- abdicationFrench
- tabhairt suasIrish
- abdicaciónGalician
- abdicationInterlingua
- abdicazioneItalian
- 退位Japanese
- ابديکاسي, abdikasiMalay
- abdicatieDutch
- fråseiing, abdikasjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- frasielse, abdikasjonNorwegian
- abdicacionOccitan
- abdicaçãoPortuguese
- отречениеRussian
- абдикација, abdikacijaSerbo-Croatian
- abdikation, avgångSwedish
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