棄き権けん

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棄権する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	棄き権けんする	棄き権けんしない
Polite	棄き権けんします	棄き権けんしません
Past polite	棄き権けんしました	棄き権けんしませんでした
Past	棄き権けんした	棄き権けんしなかった
Te-form	棄き権けんして	棄き権けんしないで
Desire	棄き権けんしたい	棄き権けんしたくない
Potential	棄き権けんできる	棄き権けんできない
Passive	棄き権けんされる	棄き権けんされない
Causative	棄き権けんさせる	棄き権けんさせない
Causative passive	棄き権けんさせられる	棄き権けんさせられない
Volitional	棄き権けんしよう
Polite volitional	棄き権けんしましょう
Imperative	棄き権けんしろ	棄き権けんするな
Conditional	棄き権けんすれば	棄き権けんしなければ
Tara conditional	棄き権けんしたら	棄き権けんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

abstention; withdrawal; renunciation

Used for abstaining from voting, renouncing a right, or withdrawing from a contest. Often used with する as a transitive verb.

選せん挙きょで棄き権けんする人ひとが増ふえている。
The number of people abstaining from voting in elections is increasing.
彼かれは怪け我がのため試し合あいを棄き権けんした。
He withdrew from the match due to injury.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を棄き権けんするto withdraw from or abstain from (a vote, race, right, etc.)
彼かれは膝ひざのけがでレースを棄き権けんした。
He withdrew from the race because of a knee injury.
〈事こと〉のため棄き権けんするto withdraw because of (an injury, illness, etc.)
彼かの女じょは体たい調ちょう不ふ良りょうのため試し合あいを棄き権けんした。
She withdrew from the match due to poor health.

Kanji

棄abandon, throw away, discard
権authority, power, rights

Related words

放ほう棄きN1
放棄 is a broad term for giving up any right, property, or responsibility, while 棄権 is used specifically for abstaining from a vote or withdrawing from a contest.
辞じ退たいN2
辞退 means politely declining an offer or invitation before it starts, while 棄権 means withdrawing from a vote or contest one was already entitled to take part in.
欠けっ席せきN4
欠席 simply means being absent from a class, meeting, or event, while 棄権 implies voluntarily giving up a right such as voting or competing.
リタイア
棄権 is the formal term for withdrawing or abstaining from a race, vote, or competition, while リタイア is a more casual loanword used the same way.

Opposites

出しゅつ場じょうN3
出場 means to enter or take part in a competition, the opposite of 棄権, which means to withdraw from it.
エントリーN2
エントリー is signing up to take part in a competition, while 棄権 means withdrawing or abstaining from it.
完かん走そう
完走 means finishing a race, whereas 棄権 means withdrawing from or dropping out of a race before finishing it.

Don't confuse with

危き険けんN4
棄権 (withdrawal, abstention) and 危険 (danger, risk) are pronounced identically but written with completely different kanji and meanings.
棄き却きゃくN1
棄権 shares the kanji 棄 with 棄却 but means abstaining from a vote or withdrawing from a contest, not dismissing a claim.

Word family

棄き権けん者しゃ
non-voter; abstainer
途と中ちゅう棄き権けん
dropping out mid-race; withdrawing during competition; DNF

Etymology

Compound of 棄 (abandon) and 権 (right, authority). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with giving up a right or participation.