different between abdication vs demission

English

Etymology

First attested in 1552. From Middle French abdication, from Latin abdic?ti? (“renunciation”), from abdic?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.d??ke?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.d??ke?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abdication (countable and uncountable, plural abdications)

1. (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.]
2. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
3. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]

   abdication of the throne, government, power, authority

4. (obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [Attested only in the mid 18^th century.]
5. (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [Attested only in the mid 17^th century.]

Translations

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abdic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.di.ka.sj??/

Noun

abdication f (plural abdications)

1. abdication

Related terms

• abdiquer

Further reading

• “abdication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

abdication (plural abdicationes)

1. abdication

English

Etymology

From French démission, from Latin d?missi?, from d?mitt?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??m??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??m???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

demission (plural demissions)

1. (archaic) Resignation; abdication.
   • 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot

     And that this demission of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give [our cousins authority] ... in our name and behalf, publicly, and in their presence, to renounce the Crown, guidance, and government of this our kingdom of Scotland.

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 226:

     She had just slipped her demission, with a footnote on the young lady's conduct, under the door of Madame.

Related terms

• demit
• demise

Anagrams

• Simonides, minisodes, missioned, simonised