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abdicate verb

  /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/
  • (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.]
 abdiquer

abdication noun

  /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
 abdication

abdicative adjective

  /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɪv/ , /ˈæb.dəˌkə.tɪv/
  • (rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
 abdicatif

abdicant noun

  /ˈæb.dɪ.kn̩t/
  • One who abdicates. [Mid 17th century.]
 abdicataire

abdicable

abdicable
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