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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

退位

Pronunciation / Transliteration: taiwi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Abdication/ˌæb.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"国王の退位により新しい時代が始まった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The formal act of resigning from, relinquishing, or giving up a throne, high office, or formal responsibility.

    "The unexpected abdication of the monarch threw the royal family into a constitutional crisis."
  2. 2

    The renunciation or abandonment of a duty, obligation, or responsibility.

    "Many critics viewed the government's inaction on the crisis as a complete abdication of leadership."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'abdicatio', stemming from 'abdicare' meaning 'to disown' or 'to renounce' (from 'ab-' meaning away from + 'dicare' meaning to proclaim). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, initially relating to the formal rejection or disowning of a person, before shifting primarily to the formal relinquishment of sovereign power or high office.

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