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- Practice the English pronunciation of abdication with real speech in context.
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- Quality of Earnings
to the point of abdication.
- Definition summary
- (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.][2]
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How to pronounce abdication
Quality of Earnings
to the point of abdication.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “abdication”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.][2]
- The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.][2]
- The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. [First attested in the late 17th century.][2]
- (obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [Attested only in the mid 18th century.][2]
- (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.][2]
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