Word: abdication
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ab
di
ca
tion
Definition: The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
Morphemes:
Affix: abdicate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab
Language: la
Decoded: ab
Meaning: away
Affix: dicō
Language: la
Decoded: dico
Meaning: proclaim, dedicate, declare
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.