abdications in English
noun
1
an act of abdicating or renouncing the throne.
Edward VIII did not marry until after his abdication
2
failure to fulfill a responsibility or duty.
we are witnessing an abdication of responsibility on the part of state governments
noun
- resignationretirementrelinquishmentrenunciationsurrenderabjurationdemission
- disowningrenunciationrejectionrefusalrelinquishmentrepudiationabandonment
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1. Abactinally abandonedly abandonment abandonware abbreviated abbreviates abbreviator abdications abdominally abecedarian aberdevines abernethies aberrancies aberrations abhominable Abhorrences abhorrently abiogeneses abiogenesis abiogenetic abiogenists abiological abiotically abiotrophic abirritants abirritated abirritates abiturients …
2. Every such honour or emolument, from the papal throne to the humblest chantry, may be resigned by the incumbent.The general ecclesiastical law concerning such Abdications (exclusive of a papal resignation) is that the benefice must be resigned into the hands of the proper ecclesiastical superior.