noun

• (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
• The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
• The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
• (obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
• (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.