abdication

[ ab-di-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌæb dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.

Origin of abdication

First recorded in 1545–55, abdication is from the Latin word abdicātiōn- (stem of abdicātiō). See abdicate, -ion

non·ab·di·ca·tion, noun

And if anyone thought this was an abdication and a letting go of the unruly region they need to think again.

Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’ |Jamie Dettmer |November 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tuesday was declared a day to “Save the Nation,” and people across the country once again demanded the abdication of SCAF.

Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring |Ahdaf Soueif |January 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So I made some records [Ed note: Life in Exile After Abdication is incredible] and toured and stuff.

Moe Tucker’s Tribute to Velvet Underground Bandmate Lou Reed |Harry Siegel |October 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
With the abdication of Queen Beatrix on Tuesday, the Dutch have a new queen—and a new fashion icon, as well.

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Is a New Style Icon |Erin Cunningham |May 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Bergoglio is 76 years old—nine years younger than Benedict at the time of his abdication.

Introducing Pope Francis, Your New Papa |Eliza Shapiro, Lizzie Crocker |March 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Imperial Chancellor, on his own initiative, had summarily announced my abdication—which had not occurred yet at all!

The Kaiser's Memoirs |William II, German Emperor
After the edicts of abdication, the issue became one of ultra-idealist constitutionalism versus brutal military realism.

Government in Republican China |Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
If the present writer ever learns the reasons of their abdication of this power, he will take occasion to tell them.

Ferragus |Honore de Balzac
Francis I died there in 1547, and as late as 1830 the last Charles, the tenth of that name, signed his abdication there.

The Car That Went Abroad |Albert Bigelow Paine
The King of Saxony accepted his deposition by a formal act of abdication two days later.

And the Kaiser abdicates |S. Miles Bouton