abdication

The word “abdication” has 4 syllables: ab-di-ca-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for abdication?

In the thesaurus, “abdication” has 19 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abdication along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abdication

  • abandonment
  • demission
  • departing
  • departure
  • disavowal
  • disclaimer
  • exit
  • exiting
  • leave
  • leaving
  • quitclaim
  • quitting
  • relinquishment
  • renouncement
  • renunciation
  • resignation
  • retirement
  • stepping down
  • surrender

Antonyms for abdication

Example Sentences

  • The unexpected abdication of the monarch left the nation in a state of uncertainty.
  • Public opinion was divided regarding the reasons behind the leader's sudden abdication.
  • The historical record reveals instances of peaceful and forced abdication throughout the centuries.
  • The resignation was seen as an honorable abdication of duties in the best interest of the organization.
  • A sense of relief followed the controversial leader's announcement of abdication from office.

On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abdication, such as: abandonment, acceptance, adoption, demission, departing, departure, disavowal.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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quitting

  • abandoning
  • abandonment
  • abating
  • abdication
  • abjuring
  • abolishing
  • aborting
  • absconding
  • acquiescing
  • acquitting
  • acting
  • adieu
  • adjourning
  • annulling
  • arresting
  • bagging
  • bailing
  • bailing out
  • balancing
  • bearing
  • beating it
  • behaving
  • biting the dust
  • blinking
  • blockading
  • blocking
  • booking
  • bow out
  • bowing
  • braking
  • breaking
  • breaking down
  • breaking off
  • breaking up
  • budging
  • buggering off
  • bugging off
  • bugging out
  • calling
  • canning
  • capitulating
  • carrying
  • ceasing
  • checking
  • chucking
  • clamping down
  • clearing
  • clearing off
  • clearing out
  • closing
  • collecting
  • completing
  • comporting
  • composing
  • conceding
  • concluding
  • conducting
  • constraining
  • containing
  • controlling
  • curbing
  • cutting off
  • cutting out
  • damming
  • deactivating
  • dead-ending
  • decamping
  • decampment
  • deferring
  • delaying
  • delivering
  • demeaning
  • demolishing
  • departing
  • departure
  • deporting
  • deserting
  • desertion
  • desisting
  • destroying
  • detaining
  • determining
  • diaspora
  • digging out
  • discarding
  • discharging
  • discontinuing
  • disembarkation
  • disowning
  • disregarding
  • dissolving
  • distancing
  • ditching
  • dropping
  • dumping
  • dying
  • ebbing
  • egress
  • egression
  • elapsing
  • embarkation
  • embarkment
  • emigrating
  • emigration
  • ending
  • escape
  • escaping
  • evacuating
  • evacuation
  • exit
  • exiting
  • exodus
  • expatriation
  • expiring
  • faltering
  • farewell
  • finishing
  • fleeing
  • flight
  • flinging
  • flying
  • footing
  • forgetting
  • forsaking
  • getaway
  • getting
  • getting off
  • getting out
  • giving in
  • giving notice
  • giving over
  • giving up
  • going
  • going away
  • going off
  • going out
  • goodbye
  • halting
  • handing over
  • handling
  • hanging it up
  • having done with
  • hegira
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hindering
  • hitting the road
  • holding
  • holding back
  • ignoring
  • impeding
  • impersonating
  • inhibiting
  • irresolute
  • jettisoning
  • junking
  • kiboshing
  • killing
  • knocking off
  • knuckling under
  • lapsing
  • laying off
  • leave
  • leave-taking
  • leaving
  • leaving off
  • letting up
  • lighting out
  • liquidating
  • marooning
  • meeting
  • migration
  • mizzling
  • moderating
  • modulating
  • moving
  • neglecting
  • notice
  • obstructing
  • outgo
  • parting
  • passage
  • passing
  • pausing
  • paying
  • paying off
  • paying up
  • peeling off
  • playing
  • ponying up
  • powder
  • pulling out
  • pulling stakes
  • pulling up stakes
  • pushing off
  • pushing on
  • putting the kibosh on
  • quieting
  • recession
  • recompensing
  • rejecting
  • relenting
  • relinquishing
  • relinquishment
  • removal
  • removing
  • renouncing
  • renunciation
  • repressing
  • repudiating
  • restraining
  • retirement
  • retiring
  • retreat
  • retreating
  • ruining
  • running along
  • running away
  • sacrificing
  • sailing
  • saying uncle
  • scarpering
  • scatting
  • scramming
  • scrapping
  • scuttling
  • separation
  • setting forth
  • setting out
  • setting-out
  • settling
  • shedding
  • shutting off
  • skipping
  • snuffing
  • squashing
  • squelching
  • stalling
  • stampede
  • stamping
  • stanching
  • standing
  • start
  • starting
  • staunching
  • staying
  • stemming
  • stepping out
  • stopping
  • stranding
  • striking out
  • stunting
  • submitting
  • subsiding
  • succumbing
  • suppressing
  • surrender
  • surrendering
  • suspending
  • takeoff
  • taking a hike
  • taking a powder
  • taking a walk
  • taking leave
  • taking off
  • tapering off
  • tempering
  • tendering
  • terminating
  • termination
  • throwing away
  • throwing in the sponge
  • throwing in the towel
  • throwing out
  • throwing up
  • turning back
  • vacating
  • vacation
  • vacillating
  • vamoosing
  • vanishing act
  • walking away from
  • walking out
  • walking out on
  • walkout
  • waning
  • wavering
  • winding down
  • winding up
  • withdrawal
  • withdrawing
  • wrapping up
  • yielding

vacating

  • abandonment
  • abating
  • abdication
  • abolishing
  • aborting
  • abrogating
  • annihilating
  • annulling
  • avoiding
  • banning
  • bleeding
  • breaking down
  • brief
  • calling
  • calling off
  • canceling
  • cancelling
  • changeable
  • cleaning
  • clearing
  • countermanding
  • deciduous
  • departure
  • depleting
  • disallowing
  • disannulling
  • dismissing
  • dispossession
  • dissolving
  • doing away with
  • draining
  • dropping
  • ejection
  • ejectment
  • eliminating
  • emigrating
  • emptying
  • enjoining
  • ephemeral
  • eradicating
  • erasing
  • evacuating
  • evanescent
  • exhausting
  • flash
  • fleeting
  • flitting
  • flushing
  • fly-by-night
  • flying
  • forbidding
  • fugacious
  • fugitive
  • giving up
  • going by
  • impermanent
  • insubstantial
  • invalidating
  • leaving
  • liquidating
  • migrating
  • momentary
  • moving
  • negating
  • notice
  • nullifying
  • nulling
  • outlawing
  • overriding
  • overruling
  • overturning
  • passing
  • prohibiting
  • provisional
  • purging
  • quashing
  • quitting
  • recalling
  • rejecting
  • removing
  • renunciation
  • repealing
  • rescinding
  • retirement
  • retracting
  • reversing
  • revoking
  • rolling back
  • scouring
  • setting aside
  • short
  • short-lived
  • short-term
  • striking down
  • surrender
  • suspending
  • sweeping
  • temporal
  • tendering
  • termination
  • throwing out
  • transitory
  • transmigratory
  • unstable
  • vacancy
  • vacation
  • vetoing
  • voiding
  • volatile
  • wasting
  • withdrawal
  • withdrawing
  • writing off

waiver


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