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Abdication
Abdication Ab`di*ca"tion, n. [L. abdicatio: cf. F. abdication.] The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

Meaning of abdication from wikipedia

- cultures have viewed abdication as an extreme abandonment of duty, in other societies (such as pre-Meiji Restoration ****an), abdication was a regular event...
- confirmed the abdication. South Africa p****ed His Majesty King Edward the Eighth's Abdication Act 1937, which declared that the abdication took effect there...
- Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary...
- ISBN 978-0-7126-4194-4. Valente, Claire (1998). "The deposition and abdication of Edward II". The English Historical Review. 113 (453): 852–881. doi:10...
- of British films of 1974 "The Abdication". www.tcm.com. Turner classic Movies. Retrieved 31 December 2022. "The Abdication (1974)". BFI. Archived from the...
- son, King Frederik X, on 14 January 2024. Margrethe's abdication was the first voluntary abdication of a Danish monarch since that of King Eric III in 1146...
- Bolingbroke was crowned king. Henry had agreed to let Richard live after his abdication. This changed when it was revealed that the earls of Huntingdon, Kent...
- Emperor's abdication. In January 2017, the Lower House Budget committee began informally debating the constitutional nature of the abdication. On 19 May...
- Edward's abdication may refer to the following events: Parliament of 1327, which transferred the English Crown from Edward II to his son, Edward III Abdication...
- official program for the abdication and inauguration took place on 30 April 2013. Beatrix signed the instrument of abdication in the Vroedschapkamer (also...