Associations to the word «Abdication»

Wiktionary

ABDICATION, noun. (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
ABDICATION, noun. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABDICATION, noun. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
ABDICATION, noun. (obsolete) (legal) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [Attested only in the mid 18th century.]
ABDICATION, noun. (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABDICATION, noun. A formal resignation and renunciation of powers.
ABDICATION, noun. The act of abdicating.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats