Abdication

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Adjectives for Abdication
dramatic; ignominious; unaccountable; altruistic; precipitate;  unprecedented;  reckless; voluntary; enforced.

Thesaurus
abjuration, abjurement, cession, demission, deposal, dropping out, emeritus status, forced resignation, forswearing, handing over, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, retiral, retirement, superannuation, surrender, voluntary resignation, waiver, withdrawal, withdrawing, yielding

Etymology
abdicatio:, compare French abdication: below.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: abdicatie, (troons)afstand
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Interlingua: abdication
 * Irish: tabhairt suas (gs -artha suas)
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 退位 (taii)
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, frasielse
 * Nynorsk:, fråseiing
 * Novial: abdikatione
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Noun

 * 1) abdication

Noun

 * 1) abdication