abdicate
verbEtymology
First attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdicō (“to renounce, reject, disclaim”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to dīcō (“to say”). Compare Middle English abdicat (“forsaken, renounced”).
- borrowed from abdicātus
Definitions
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
To depose.
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To reject
To reject; to cast off; to discard.
To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power
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.
- 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.
- The cross-bearers abdicated their service.
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
- Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.
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Derived
abdicable, abdicant, abdication, abdicative, abdicator, unabdicate
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