: an act of giving up sovereign power or high office. The desire of King Edward VIII to marry divorced U.S. socialite Wallis Simpson led to the king's abdication in 1936, an event that also brought Harry, his father Prince Charles and his brother, Prince William, into the line of succession. Martha Ross. More @Wikipedia
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