abdication
pronunciation
How to pronounce abdication in British English:
UK [ˌæbdɪ'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce abdication in American English:
US [ˌæbdɪ'keɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
- the act of abdicating
Word Origin
- abdication (n.)
- 1550s, "a disowning," from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) "renunciation, abdication," noun of action from past participle stem of abdicare (see abdicate); sense of "resignation of sovereignty" is from 1680s.
Example
- 1. As well as this , the movie is an intriguing , if slightly loaded new perspective on the abdication crisis of 1936 .
- 2. Meanwhile , the abdication means poor , stuttering bertie has to shoulder the ultimate burden while " herr hitler " is whipping up the stormclouds of war .
- 3. And this mirrors a wider abdication by pakistan 's privileged citizens .
- 4. Since public pressure shades either into regime change or a kind of abdication , it is difficult to apply to countries with which a continuous relationship is important for american security .
- 5. Norodom sihanouk reigned cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 till his voluntary abdication in 2004 in favor of his son , the current king norodom sihamoni .