different between forsaking vs abdication

English

Verb

forsaking

1. present participle of forsake

Noun

forsaking (plural forsakings)

1. The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.

Anagrams

• asking for

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