Abdication Word Meaning

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘the action of disowning a person’): probably from Latin abdicatio(n-), from the verb abdicare (see abdicate)

an act of abdicating or renouncing the throne

act of abdicating or renouncing throne

• Edward VIII did not marry until after his abdication

failure to fulfil a responsibility or duty

failure to fulfil responsibility or duty

• we can't allow such an important cause to be undermined by such an abdication of responsibility