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   abdicate

   /ˈabdɪkeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (of a monarch) renounce one's throne: "in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor" Similar resignretirequitstand downstep downbow outrenounce the thronearchaic:demitresign fromrelinquishrenouncegive uphand overturn overdeliver upsurrendervacateforswearabjurecededisclaimOpposite be crownedaccede to
   • 2. fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty): "she charged he board with abdicating its responsibilities" Similar disownturn downspurnrejectrenouncegive upavoidrefuseabnegaterelinquishabjurerepudiatewaiveyieldforgoabandonsurrenderdeliver updisgorgecast asidedropturn one's back onwash one's hands ofinformal:shirkarchaic:forsakeOpposite accepttake on

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin abdicat- ‘renounced’, from the verb abdicare, from ab- ‘away, from’ + dicare ‘declare’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abdicator noun

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