abdication C2 Topic:Politics & International Affairs US /ˌæbdəˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #51145 Meanings 1 noun the formal act of giving up a throne or other position of sovereign power The king's abdication placed his daughter on the throne. 2 noun a failure or refusal to fulfill a responsibility Ignoring the crisis was an abdication of leadership. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the formal act of giving up... renunciationresignation 2 noun · a failure or refusal to... abandonmentrelinquishmentdereliction ↔ Opposites accessionassumption Word family Derived forms abdicationalnonabdication Related forms abdicate Etymology From Latin abdicatio, ‘a renunciation,’ derived from abdicare, ‘to disown or renounce,’ and attested in English from the sixteenth century. Topics Politics & International Affairs External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # abdication **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌæbdəˈkeɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 51145 ## Meanings 1. the formal act of giving up a throne or other position of sovereign power 2. a failure or refusal to fulfill a responsibility ## Examples - The king's abdication placed his daughter on the throne. - Ignoring the crisis was an abdication of leadership. ## Synonyms - renunciation - resignation - relinquishment ## Antonyms - accession - assumption ## Derived Forms - abdicational - nonabdication ## Related Forms - abdicate ## Etymology From Latin abdicatio, ‘a renunciation,’ derived from abdicare, ‘to disown or renounce,’ and attested in English from the sixteenth century. ## Topics - Politics & International Affairs markdown