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Yes. The word abdication is a Scrabble US word. The word abdication is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word abdication is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Yes. The word abdication is a Words With Friends word. The word abdication is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

ABDICATION,

9-letter words (1 found)

ANABIOTIC,

8-letter words (5 found)

ABDICANT,ACTINOID,BOTANICA,CIBATION,DIATONIC,

7-letter words (13 found)

ABIOTIC,ACTINIA,ANOBIID,ANTACID,BANDITO,BIODATA,BIONTIC,BITCOIN,BOTANIC,CONIDIA,DIANOIA,DICTION,TABANID,

6-letter words (20 found)

ACTION,AIDANT,ANODIC,ATOCIA,ATONIA,ATONIC,BANDIT,BIONIC,BIOTIC,BIOTIN,BONACI,BONITA,CATION,COAITA,DACOIT,IBADAT,INDABA,INDICT,NIOBIC,OBTAIN,

5-letter words (52 found)

ABACI,ABAND,ACINI,ACTIN,ACTON,ADBOT,AIDOI,ANTIC,BACON,BANCO,BANDA,BANIA,BATON,BIDON,BINDI,BINIT,BIONT,BIOTA,CABIN,CANID,CANTO,CNIDA,COATI,COBIA,CONIA,COTAN,DAINT,DANIO,DIACT,DICOT,DICTA,DINIC,DIOTA,IDANT,IDIOT,INDIA,IODIC,IODIN,IONIC,NAIAD,NICAD,NITID,OBIIT,OCTAD,OCTAN,OIDIA,ONTIC,TABID,TACAN,TIBIA,TONDI,TONIC,

4-letter words (74 found)

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3-letter words (73 found)

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2-letter words (25 found)

AA,AB,AD,AI,AN,AT,BA,BI,BO,DA,DI,DO,ID,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OB,OD,OI,ON,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 264 words from abdication according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abdication

abdication

Etymology

First attested in 1552. From Middle French abdication, from Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

abdication (countable and uncountable, plural abdications)

  1. (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
  3. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  4. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
  5. (obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [Attested only in the mid 18th century.]
  6. (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]

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Further reading

  • Abdication in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abdicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃/

Noun

abdication f (plural abdications)

  1. abdication

Related terms

  • abdiquer

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: абдика́ция (abdikácija)

Further reading

  • “abdication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

abdication (plural abdicationes)

  1. abdication

Source: wiktionary.org