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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abdication
       n 1: a formal resignation and renunciation of powers [syn: {stepping
            down}]
       2: the act of abdicating [syn: {stepping down}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "abdication":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ABDICATION, government. 1. A simple renunciation of an office, generally
  understood of a supreme office. James II. of England; Charles V. of Germany;
  and Christiana, Queen of Sweden, are said to have abdicated.  When James III
  of England left the kingdom, the Commons voted that he had abdicated the
  government, and that thereby the throne had become vacant.  The House of
  Lords preferred the word deserted, but the Commons thought it not
  comprehensive enough, for then, the king might have the liberty of
  returning. 2. When inferior magistrates decline or surrender their offices,
  they are said to make a resignation. (q.v.)
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ABDICATION, n.  An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the
  high temperature of the throne.
  
      Poor Isabella's Dead, whose abdication
      Set all tongues wagging in the Spanish nation.
      For that performance 'twere unfair to scold her:
      She wisely left a throne too hot to hold her.
      To History she'll be no royal riddle --
      Merely a plain parched pea that jumped the griddle.
                                                                    G.J.
  
  

















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