abdication

About 0.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
3. noun The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.

   abdication of the throne, government, power, authority

4. noun The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
5. noun The action of being deposed from the seat of power.

Similar words

stepping down renouncement renunciation abandonment resignation disclaimer relinquishment waiver surrender capitulation

Often followed by

of in and was crisis by from to on

Word family

abdications