Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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abdication

The act of renouncing or abandoning privileges or duties, esp. those connected with high office <Edward VIII's abdication of the Crown in 1936> <the court's abdication of its judicial responsibility. - abdicate (ab-di-kayt), vb. - abdicable (ab-di-ka-bal), adj. - abdicator (ab-dikay-tar), n.