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abdĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [abdĭco], a renouncing, disowning.

    1. 1. Jurid. t. t.: hereditatis, Cod. Just. 6, 31, 6: liberorum, disinheriting, ib. 6, 8, 47; Quint. 7, 4, 27; 3, 6, 77; 7, 1, 15; Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 150 al.; cf. Dirksen, Versuch., etc., Leipz. 1823, p. 62 sq.
    2. * 2. Polit. t. t., a renunciation of an office, abdication: dictaturae, Liv. 6, 16 fin.

abdĭcātīvē, adv., v. abdicativus.

abdĭcătīvus, a, um, adj. [abdĭco]. In later philos. lang. = negativus, negative (opp. to dedicativus, affirmative), Pseudo ysp. Dogm. Plat. p. 30 Elm. (266 Ord.); Mart. Cap. 4, p. 121.
Adv.: abdĭcātīvē, negatively: concludere, Mart. Cap. 4, p. 128.

abdĭcātrix, īcis, f. [abdĭco], she that renounces or disclaims any thing (eccl. Lat.): misericordiae (humanitas), Salv. adv. Avar. 11, p. 76.