abdication

noun

1 the monarchy is facing its biggest crisis since Edward VIII's abdication in 1936:

resignation, retirement;

relinquishment, renunciation, giving up, surrender, abjuration, vacation, ceding, cession;

archaic demission.

▷antonyms coronation.

2 an abdication of responsibility:

disowning, renunciation, rejection, refusal, avoidance, abnegation, relinquishment, abjuration, repudiation, waiving, yielding, forgoing, abandonment, surrender, disgorgement, casting aside.

▷antonyms acceptance.

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