Definition:
- (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.
- (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
- (v. t.) To reject; to cast off.
- (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
- (v. i.) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
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abdicate vs. abscond
abdicate vs. king
abdicate vs. chair
abdicate vs. cede
abdicate vs. abstain
abdicate vs. abnegate
abdicate vs. mobile
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abdicate vs. dethrone
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abate vs. abdicate
abdicate vs. abjure
abdicable vs. abdicate
abdicate vs. desert
abdicate vs. abdicator
abdicate vs. resign
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abdicant vs. abdicate
abdicate vs. sovereignty
abdicate vs. vacate
abdicate vs. forsake
abdicate vs. quit
abdicate vs. relent
abdicate vs. papacy
abdicate vs. exercising
abdicate vs. definitely
abdicate vs. renounce
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abdicate vs. withdraw
abdicate vs. relinquish
abdicate vs. reject
abdicate vs. depose
abdicate vs. disown
abdicate vs. disinherit
abdicate vs. expel
abdicate vs. disclaim
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