Ab·di ‧ ca ‧ tion /ˌæbdəˈkeɪʃ ə n, ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE
the Abdication ( also the Abdiˈcation ˌCrisis ) the period in Britain in 1936, in which King Edward VIII abdicated so that he could marry Wallis Simpson, a woman who had been divorced (↑ divorce )