英 [ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃn] 美 [ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃn]
n. 辞职；退位
a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
同义词： stepping down
the act of abdicating
同义词： stepping down
放弃权利
... 赞迪的新娘 Zandy's Bride 逊位 The Abdication 艾丽丝城市漫游记 Alice in the Cities ...
需要厘清的是，梵蒂冈的官方文献强调这种宗权转交是辞职（Resignation），而非退位（Abdication）。本笃十六世仍将看守宗权直到下一任新教皇的选出，这一过程与世俗王权的退位转让有很大差别。
abdication：辞职；让位：指圣职人员的辞职、让位。 abduction：诱拐：教会法典婚姻限制之一（法典1089）。
... Titan 巨人;巨头 Abdication 退位;放弃 Irrefutable 无可辩驳的 ...
辞职；退位
There had been a complete abdication of responsibility.
曾有个彻底推卸责任的情况。
That means more battles like the one now going on between the Justice Department and California, which enacted a tough net neutrality law in the wake of the FCC's abdication.
这意味着司法部和加州之间会有更多类似现在这样正在进行的斗争，后者在联邦通信委员会放弃后，制定了一项严格的网络中立法律。
It is, instead, a grotesque abdication of responsibility.
相反，这是一种荒诞的推卸责任行为。
President Zuma's silence certainly contradicts that and seems to be an abdication of the leadership role that South Africa could be providing the continent."
VOA : standard.2009.07.06
Prince Willem-Alexander has become king of the Netherlands following the abdication of his 75-year-old mother.
This should be seen for what it was a reprehensible abdication of responsibility.
In 1848, the Second French Republic was proclaimed two days after the abdication of King Louis-Philippe.