un-abdicative

verb (used without object)

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)

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.

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-buh

l] , 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

un·ab·di·cat·ing, adjective

un·ab·di·ca·tive, adjective

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

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

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abdicate (ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt)

—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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un-abdicative

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