English-German translation for "abdication"

"abdication" German translation

abdication
[æbdiˈkeiʃən; -də-]noun | Substantiv s

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  • Abdankungfeminine | Femininum f
    abdication
    Verzichtmasculine | Maskulinum m (of aufaccusative (case) | Akkusativ akk)
    abdication
    freiwillige Niederlegung (eines Amteset cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc)
    abdication
    abdication
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  • Verstoßungfeminine | Femininum f
    abdication legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR
    Enterbungfeminine | Femininum f
    abdication legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR
    abdication legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR
Das bedeutet eine intellektuelle Kapitulation.
It is an intellectual abdication.
Source: Europarl
Jeder Akt der Ehrerbietung wird so zu einem Verzicht auf die eigene geistige Autorität.
Every act of deference thus becomes an abdication of one s own intellectual authority ’.
Source: News-Commentary
Ein schockierender Verzicht auf jegliche Übernahme von Verantwortung.
It was a shocking abdication of responsibility.
Source: News-Commentary
Prohibition bedeutet im Grunde den Verzicht auf jede Regulierung.
Prohibition in fact represents the abdication of regulation.
Source: News-Commentary
Gegenüber dem Fundamentalismus engelhaft zu sein, bedeutet Feigheit und Kapitulation.
Angelism in the face of fundamentalism is synonymous with cowardice and abdication.
Source: Europarl
Das ist das Ende der Demokratie.
That is an abdication of democracy.
Source: Europarl
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