ABDICATION

ABDICA'TION, noun 1. The act of abdicating; the abandoning of an office or trust, without a formal surrender, or before the usual or stated time of expiration.2. A casting off; rejection.

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abdication. Abdication, n. the deserting of a public trust or office

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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.