abdicate

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To surrender, renounce 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

The understanding abdicates its functions.

To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty

Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.

To reject; to cast off
to give up (royal power or the like)
{v} to abandon an office or power, without a formal resignation
(v), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
To abandon or step down from power
to give up power
To formally give up power When a monarch gives up his throne, for example
to resign
to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
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give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
To renounce; to relinquish; said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
{f} relinquish office or power, resign; renounce, give up
disapproval If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer. Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children. + abdication ab·di·ca·tion There had been a complete abdication of responsibility
If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen. The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848. + abdication ab·di·ca·tion the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII
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
abdicated
Simple past tense and past participle of abdicate
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abdication
{n} the deserting of a public trust or office
Abdication
a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
Abdication
the act of abdicating
abdicated
past of abdicate
abdicates
third-person singular of abdicate
abdicating
present participle of abdicate
abdication
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority
abdication
{i} act of relinquishing office or power, resignation
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