Vocabulary
Abdication
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
an act of abdicating or renouncing the throne.
Urdu meaning
دستبردار ہونا، تخت چھوڑنا، علیحدہ ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The world must reject this moral abdication before more lives are lost.
- But waiting for global payouts while lives are lost is an abdication of responsibility.
- Let us name it for what it is: abdication.
- Treating growing public discontent against oppression as a law-and-order matter is an abdication of political responsibility.
- This is quite an upgrade in its powers since the Iftikhar Chaudhry-led Supreme Court had coerced parliament into passing the 19th Amendment in 2010 for the abdication of the powers of the parliamentary committee.
Synonyms
resignation, retirement, relinquishment, renunciation, giving up, surrender, abjuration
Curator example
“Edward VIII did not marry until after his abdication”
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