(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The phrase "Defender of the Faith," which is usually included in the King's titles, appears neither in the instrument of abdication nor in the bill.
(2) The UK and Russia invade Iran and jointly occupy the country, forcing King Reza Shah to abdicate.
(3) If so, he would have to abdicate – as Baudouin of Belgium did for a day rather than ratify abortion .
(4) Saudis speculate quietly that King Salman may eventually abdicate in favour of his son and bypass Bin Nayef, who has no sons of his own.
(5) They solve it, correctly, by making him abdicate, with a bit of help from Prince William’s wife, Kate.
(6) If members of other parties feel their input is vital, they can start by contributing to the debate and ensuring they are behind the government's efforts without abdicating their constitutional role as opposition.
(7) The psychopathological risk is the "burning out" of the subject, and the defences developed against it, such as humour (casualness), aloofness (abdication), deviance and drug-dependence.
(8) Balls, Labour's shadow treasury spokesman, warned that the UK government's hands-off stance on Europe meant one of the top three economies in the EU was in effect abdicating responsibility for resolving a crisis that could engulf the British economy.
(9) When blatant falsehoods are presented as truth on critical questions - by a film that touts itself as a journalistic presentation of actual events - insisting on apolitical appreciation of this "art" is indeed a reckless abdication.
(10) After the ceremony on Thursday, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will tour central Madrid in a motor cavalcade – a somewhat risky venture given the strength of republican sentiment that has emerged since the abdication was announced.
(11) That narrative is appealing because it allows us to abdicate our collective responsibility for a society – and an underlying set of public policies – that accepts and even ensures that a portion of our society will live on the streets, that some of us will be addicted to drugs, and that some of us will just have to deal with grinding poverty – and the traumas that often follow from it.
(12) Three patients did not respond to NOVP: two of these did not respond to MOPP or ABDIC, and two are currently without relapse following bone marrow transplant.
(13) His royal imperial highness has abdicated and the constitution is in abeyance.
(14) While the king's approval rating dropped steadily, that of his son Felipe remained stable at around 66%, leading many to suggest that the monarchy would be better off if the king abdicated.
(15) Doxorubicin-containing regimens, such as ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) and ABDIC (doxorubicin, bleomycin, dacarbazine, lomustine, prednisone), have been second-line treatments that have significant antitumor effect and, as such, have resulted in few, if any, long-term cures in most series.
(16) The palace recently took the unusual step of denying the abdication rumours.
(17) There is therefore no reason why the monarch should abdicate.
(18) Rajoy's government must now pass a law creating a legal mechanism for Felipe's assumption of power, which will then allow Juan Carlos to set a date for his formal abdication.
(19) So are we then being hoodwinked into thinking if we take this pill, we can abdicate responsibility for all our health needs because we've taken a pill?"
(20) Brexit would free UK from 'spirit-crushing' green directives, says minister Read more “Once you abdicate responsibility for something like the environment to the EU, there is a danger that it infantilises the government machine at all levels and people just sit and wait to be told what to do,” Eustice said.
Dethrone
Definition:
(v. t.) To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a democratic Myanmar , the royal family – nearly lost after Thibaw was dethroned in the 19th century – think it might finally be time for a revival.
(2) He was a no-nonsense fighter, the man that almost dethroned one of the greatest fighters in the world, Muhammad Ali.
(3) Two fights with Sonny Liston, where he proclaimed himself 'The Greatest' and proved he was; three epic wars with Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George Foreman in 1974's 'Rumble in the Jungle'; dethroning Leon Spinks in 1978 to become heavyweight champion for an unprecedented third time.
(4) Barcelona dethroned as Manchester City reach Champions League semis – Football Weekly Extra Read more Krueger said he enjoyed a positive relationship with Koeman, who has impressed since replacing Pochettino, but stressed any new deal needed to be right for both parties.
(5) However, a surge in the popularity of regional newspaper websites owned by rivals has seen Johnston Press dethroned as the online traffic market leader.
(6) As Richard II nears dethronement, he attains a mastery of language that stuns the audience.
(7) Ten years into his papacy, Shenouda had famously fallen out with President Anwar Sadat ; in September 1981 he was summarily dethroned and banished to an ancient desert monastery.
(8) And as the dethroned champions wandered off at the finish they were probably happy to know that after this week's trip to the US to play Chelsea twice, a disappointing season can be left behind.
(9) It was elegance with a serrated edge, as the Spurs recovered from a slapdash start to win 104-87 in a clinical, yet feverish, display that underlined their superiority and dethroned the reigning NBA champions, denying Miami their third title in three years.
(10) There’s another Gypsy world champion.” Billy Joe Saunders outsmarts Andy Lee to win WBO middleweight title Read more He had just dethroned his fellow Traveller Andy Lee over 12 tense rounds, decking him twice in the third, but he was aware, too, that the media have been hunting down every squeak and indiscretion of the first member of their community to win a world heavyweight title, Tyson Fury.
(11) This new data seem to warrant the fiability of the Washio flap, however the latter cannot dethrone the Converse flap, king flap of medio-facial reconstructions.
(12) Ibn Saud had many wives, and dozens of children, and was succeeded by his eldest living son, Saud, who had even more wives, and many children, but who was dethroned and forced into exile by his younger brother Faisal, who reigned from 1964 to 1975.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest In fact, that month it was the most popular YouTube channel of any category, dethroning gamer PewDiePie – 352m views that month – who usually tops the rankings by some distance.
(14) When Margaret Thatcher was dethroned, her more passionate supporters were embittered: but their vengeance took many years to play out.
(15) For most people, what follows is a long process of dethronement, as ‘His Majesty the Child’ confronts the ever more obvious and humbling truth.
(16) Whether or not the dethroned and ageing champion, notoriously a mob stooge, debt collector and ex-con, showed proper enthusiasm for getting up after Ali clipped him on the chin in the first round of their rematch in Lewiston, Maine, in 1965, is doubtful.
(17) Black Lives Matter was challenging the structural racism of the entire political system, including how it served black politicians, and blacklivesmatter.com described Jackson as “clearly dethroned from a place of either honour or leadership or relevance”.
(18) Howard Sykes, the dethroned Lib Dem council leader in Oldham, gave a weary verdict at 5.30am.
(19) The Melissa McCarthy-led comedy The Boss dethroned Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to take the No 1 spot at the US box office last weekend with an estimated opening of $23.48m (£16.53m).
(20) "Not since Wallis Simpson dethroned a king and moved to Nassau has an American femme fatale so captivated the Bahamian public and dominated local politics than Anna Nicole Smith did during her time on the island," according to a leaked memo titled "Hurricane Anna Nicole wreaks havoc in the Bahamas" .