The Meaning of abdicate

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Abdicated

imp. & p. p.
of Abdicate

Abdicate

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.

Abdicate

v. t.
To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.

Abdicate

v. t.
To reject; to cast off.

Abdicate

v. t.
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

Abdicate

v. i.
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
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