abdication

1. 1.

   a formal resignation and renunciation of powers

   Synonymsstepping down

   Broaderresignation
2. 2.

   the act of abdicating

   Synonymsstepping down

   Broaderresignation

Other forms of abdication

plural

abdications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abdication

What does abdication mean?

abdication means "a formal resignation and renunciation of powers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abdication?

abdication has 4 syllables: ab-di-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for abdication?

Close synonyms include stepping down, stepping down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abdication a common word?

abdication is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abdication?

104 words rhyme with abdication. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.