abdication

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
  2. noun the act of abdicating

Etymology

First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate + -ion.

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