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abdication
noun
(ab-di-ca-tion)
the act of abdicating
Synonyms:
stepping down,
abdication
noun
(ab-di-ca-tion)
a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
Synonyms:
stepping down,
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abdication
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stepping down
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abandonment
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capitulation
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renunciation
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resignation
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relinquishment
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surrender
,
renouncement
,
subordination
,
loss
,
waiver
,
disclaimer
,
usurpation
,
repudiation
,
abrogation
,
subservience
,
betrayal
,
abnegation
,
coronation
,
dereliction
,
irresponsibility
,
inaction
,
monarch
,
acquiescence
,
prince consort
,
prince regent
,
disobedience
,
absolutism
,
abdicative
,
dethronement
,
arrogation
,
caesarism
,
incompetence
,
misjudgment
,
reassertion
,
enfeeblement
,
abdicant
,
ineffectuality
,
obliviousness
,
indifference
,
shirking
,
ethelred
,
obsequies
,
spinelessness
,
overreach
,
irresolution
,
improvidence
,
glorious revolution
,
diminution
,
tactlessness
,
emasculation
,
servility
,
transmogrification
,
regicide
,
cowardliness
,
sycophancy
,
presumptuousness
,
cravenness
,
defenestration
,
monarchism
,
heedlessness
,
primogeniture
,
solicitousness
,
recklessness
,
knavery
,
abasement
,
evisceration
,
antecedence
,
bounden
,
princes
,
grand vizier
,
nonfeasance
,
turpitude
,
disavowal
,
passivity
,
ingratitude
,
infantilism
,
affront
,
prevarication
,
overlordship
,
negation
,
noblesse oblige
,
enthronement
,
neglect
,
edward viii
,
royal
,
incoherence
,
abridgement
,
omission
,
failure
,
discourtesy
,
decencies
,
powerlessness
,
gutlessness
,
disregard
,
maladministration
,
hubris
,
irreconcilability
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reactionism
,
despoliation
,
abdication
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