abdicate
verb
/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/
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- (transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [mid 16th – late 17th c.]
- (transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [from mid 17th c.]
- (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th c.]
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abdiquer
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abdication
noun
/ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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- The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
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abdication
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abdicative
adjective
/ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɪv/
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- (rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
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abdicatif
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abdicant
noun
/ˈæb.dɪ.kn̩t/
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- One who abdicates. [Mid 17th century.]
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abdicataire
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