abdicate
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dɪˌkeɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
verb (used with object)
2.
to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.
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| —vb | |
| to renounce (a throne, power, responsibility, rights, etc), esp formally | |
| [C16: from the past participle of Latin abdicāre to proclaim away, disclaim] | |
| abdicable | |
| —adj | |
| abdi'cation | |
| —n | |
| abdicative | |
| —adj | |
| 'abdicator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
abdicate
1540s, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from L. abdicatus, pp. of abdicare "to renounce, disown, disinherit" (specifically abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), from ab- "away" + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Meaning "divest
oneself of office" first recorded 1610s. Related: Abdicated; abdicating.
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Example sentences
There's speculation the current queen will abdicate this year or next and he would become king, if he survives that long.
There is an unacceptable alternative: to abdicate and do nothing.
Many people can fall hard when a few abdicate their responsibility as leaders.
We live in a society that encourages us to abdicate responsibility.
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