abdikasjon

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Napoléon signing his abdication in Fontainebleau the 4th of april 1814.

Etymology

From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation, abdication”), from abdicō (“I deny, refuse, abdicate”), from both ab- (“of, from, by”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from dicō (“I dedicate, devote”), possibly from *dex, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-s, from *deyḱ- (“to point out”).

Cognate with Danish abdikation, Swedish abdikation, French abdication and English abdication.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abdɪkaˈʃuːn/
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  • Rhymes: -uːn
  • Hyphenation: ab‧di‧ka‧sjon

Noun

abdikasjon m (definite singular abdikasjonen, indefinite plural abdikasjoner, definite plural abdikasjonene)

  1. abdication, the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office or sovereign power.
    spøk og selvironi antas å føre til abdikasjon
    jokes and self-irony are believed to lead to abdication
    • 1918–40, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter IV,5:
      Hertugen af Noailles’ abdikation hiin nat i den franske nationalforsamling.
      The Duke of Noailles' abdication that night in the French National Assembly.
    • 2014 June 2, Liv Rønnaug Lilleåsen, nrk.no‎:
      Bestefaren til kong Juan Carlos ble tvunget til abdikasjon.
      The grandfather of King Juan Carlos was forced to abdicate.
    Synonym: tronfrasigelse
  2. a document containing a statement that someone is abdicating
    • 1905, Alexander L. Kielland, Omkring Napoleon, page 394:
      [Napoleon valgte] Ney og Marmont til at overbringe hans abdikation.
      [Napoleon chose] Ney and Marmont to convey his abdication.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin abdicatio. Compare with English abdication and Danish abdikation.

Noun

abdikasjon m (definite singular abdikasjonen, indefinite plural abdikasjonar, definite plural abdikasjonane)

  1. abdication

Synonyms

  • tronfråseing

References

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