abdicates

 [ab-di-keyt]  

ab·di·cate

   [ab-di-keyt] verb, ab·di·cat·ed, ab·di·cat·ing.
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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Origin:
1535–45; < Latin abdicātus renounced (past participle of abdicāre), equivalent to ab- ab- + dicātus proclaimed (dic- (see dictum) + -ātus -ate1)

Related forms
ab·di·ca·ble  [ab-di-kuh-buhl] , adjective
ab·di·ca·tive  [ab-di-key-tiv, -kuh-] , adjective
ab·di·ca·tor, noun
non·ab·di·ca·tive, adjective
un·ab·di·cat·ed, adjective
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un·ab·di·cat·ing, adjective
un·ab·di·ca·tive, adjective
COLLAPSE

Can be confused: abdicate, abrogate, arrogate, derogate.

Synonyms
1. resign, quit. 2. abandon, repudiate.

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