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Abdication vs Demission - What's the difference?

abdication | demission |

As nouns the difference between abdication and demission

is that abdication is (obsolete) the act of disowning or disinheriting a child while demission is (archaic) resignation; abdication.

abdication

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
  • The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
  • The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
  • (obsolete, legal) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
  • (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.

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    demission

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) Resignation; abdication.
  • * 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot
    • And that this demission of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give [our cousins authority] ... in our name and behalf, publicly, and in their presence, to renounce the Crown, guidance, and government of this our kingdom of Scotland.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 226:
  • *:She had just slipped her demission , with a footnote on the young lady's conduct, under the door of Madame.

    • Related terms

    * demit * demise

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