abdicate
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
abdicate (abdicates, present participle abdicating; past and past participle abdicated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the early 19th century.]
- (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. [First attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To depose. [Attested from the early 17th century until the late 18th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.]
- (transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
- to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
- Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
- (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
- abandon
- abjure
- cast aside
- cast off
- cede
- desert
- disinherit
- disown
- forego
- forsake
- give up
- quit
- refuse
- reject
- relent
- relinquish
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- retire
- stand down
- surrender
- vacate
- waive
- yield
- German: verweigern
- Italian: abdicare
- Portuguese: abdicar
- Russian: отка́зываться
- Spanish: abdicar
- French: abdiquer
- German: abdanken
- Italian: abdicare
- Portuguese: abdicar
- Russian: слагать полномочие
- Spanish: abdicar
- French: abdiquer
- German: abdanken
- Italian: abdicare
- Portuguese: abdicar
- Russian: отрека́ться
- Spanish: abdicar
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