abdication
UK/ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən//ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
abdication noun: the act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
Noun
abdication (countable and uncountable, plural abdications)
- The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
- The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
- The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
- abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
- the king’s abdication
- The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
- The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
abdication meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
abdication in Tamil
- பதவி, விடுதல், துறவு
abdication in Urdu
- دست برداری, سبکدوشی
abdication in Bengali
- সিংহাসন ত্যাগ, রাজপদ পরিত্যাগ, দায়িত্ব, কর্তব্য থেকে সরে আসা, পদত্যাগ, অধিকার
abdication in Telugu
- abdication
- త్యాగము tyāgamu
More languagesFewer languages
- abdication in Malayalam
- പിൻവാങ്ങൽ, സ്ഥാനത്യാഗം, ഒഴിയൽ, പദവി ഉപേക്ഷിക്കൽ
- abdication in Kannada
- ಪದತ್ಯಾಗ
- abdication in Malay
- turun takhta, abdikasi
- abdication in Indonesian
- turun takhta, abdikasi
- abdication in Vietnamese
- thoái vị
- Dzongkha
- སྐུ་དབང་བློས་བཏང sku dbang blos btang
Forms of abdication
| plural | abdications |
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Origin of abdication
First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate + -ion.
Words formed from abdication
Words that rhyme with abdication
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about abdication
- What does abdication mean?
- Abdication means the act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
- What is abdication in Tamil?
- Abdication in Tamil is பதவி, விடுதல், துறவு. See Abdication meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abdication?
- Abdication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abdication?
- Abdication is pronounced /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of abdication?
- The plural of abdication is abdications.
Words near abdication in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abdication (page history and authors); abdication (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdication (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdication (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); త్యాగము (Telugu) (page history and authors); abdication (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdication (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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