abdication.
The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
Meaning & usage
The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
the king’s abdication
The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate + -ion.
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