Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abdication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abdication \Ab`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. abdicatio: cf. F.
abdication.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abdication
n : a formal resignation and renunciation of powers [syn: {stepping
down}]
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