abdication
noun
1 abdication
A formal resignation and renunciation of powers.
synonym: stepping down.
Roget 738: laxity; laxness, looseness, slackness; toleration etc. (lenity) 740; freedom etc. 748. anarchy, interregnum; relaxation; ... show more
Roget 757: resignation, retirement, abdication, renunciation, abjuration; abandonment, relinquishment.
Dutch: abdicatie, troonsafstand
Polish: abdykacja
2 abdication
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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