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Abdication

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stepping downnounthe act of abdicating

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stepping downnounthe act of abdicating
renouncementnounThe act of renouncing.
renunciationnounThe act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
abandonmentnounThe act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
resignationnounThe act of resigning.
disclaimernounA public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
relinquishmentnounThe act of relinquishing something.
waivernounThe act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
surrendernounAn act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
capitulationnounThe act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
lossnoun(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
subordinationnounThe property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
disownmentnounThe act of disowning.
disinheritancenounThe act of disinheriting.
abjectionnounA low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abdicantnounOne who abdicates.
forsakingverbThe act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
defiliationnounThe separation of a child from its parents.
destitutionnounAn extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
disowneenounOne who is disowned.

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