abdication
ab·di·ca·tion
noun
1.
a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
2.
the act of abdicating
Origin
First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate + -ion.
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