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1.NounThe act of disowning or disinheriting a child. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounThe act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
3.NounThe voluntary renunciation of sovereign power."abdication of the throne, government, power, authority; the king’s abdication"
4.NounThe renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
5.NounThe action of being deposed from the seat of power.