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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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Abdicated
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Example Sentences
- He accused the city government of having abdicated its responsibility to enforce the law at the market.
- If bad decisions are being made, then it's because politicians have abdicated their responsibilities as well as their conscience.
- By signing off on this rule, the agency has abdicated its responsibility.
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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
EXPANDoneself of office" first recorded 1610s. Related: Abdicated; abdicating.
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