Abdicate

Word ABDICATE
Character 8
Hyphenation ab di cate
Pronunciations /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Abdicate"

What do we mean by abdicate?

To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally. intransitive verb

To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility. intransitive verb

To give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim, office, duties, dignity, authority, and the like, especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner.

To discard; cast away; take leave of: as, to abdicate one's mental faculties. In civil law, to disclaim and expel from a family, as a child; disinherit during lifetime: with a personal subject, as father, parent.

To put away or expel; banish; renounce the authority of; dethrone; degrade.

Synonyms To resign, renounce, give up, quit, vacate, relinquish, lay down, abandon, desert. (See list under abandon, v.)

To renounce or give up something; abandon some claim; relinquish a right, power, or trust.

To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity. transitive verb

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

To reject; to cast off. transitive verb

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

To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity. intransitive verb

Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations verb

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

To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.

To depose.

To reject; to cast off; to discard.

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.

To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Abdicate

  • Antonyms for abdicate
  • Abdicate antonyms not found!

The word "abdicate" in example sentences

The word abdicate has to our ears a certain regal sound. ❋ Percival Lowell (1885)

And, opinion polls have suggested, done by various television networks that over 55 percent still want her to stay on the throne and not to retire or even to abdicate, which is not in our constitution anyway. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Kamal Abu Sena urges the president to live with dignity and "abdicate," as he put it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I have never held such a high office --- nor do I aspire for it, nor have the talents to achieve it --- but I think that if I somehow was 'drafted' I would like to believe I'd follow the Mises line and "abdicate" or the Leonard Read line and "push the button". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yes, I did mean "abdicate," as in abdicate their judgment TO that of their leaders. ❋ Randy Smith (2006)

There can be no doubt that nothing was further from the mind of James than to abdicate his throne-and, indeed, the Convention left open for everybody to interpret "abdicate" as a 'voluntary or an involuntary retirement from the throne as he wished. ❋ Unknown (1910)

Or kids tugging at their parent's arms to ask what "abdicate" means, at the very least. ❋ Hercules (2010)

The president of Ivory Coast has refused to "abdicate" in the wake of post election violence and said that any attempt to remove him will be met by force, his American representative has told The Daily Telegraph. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Film star Gloria DeHaven was the original choice, but newspaper reports said she was compelled to "abdicate" when an option in her contract was exercised. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There should be "clear consequences" for youngsters who commit crimes, and their parents should not be allowed to "abdicate" responsibility. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Will Mayawati agree to 'abdicate' in favour of anyone else? ❋ Unknown (2009)

'abdicate' in favour of Ḳuddus, or as to affirm with Mirza Jani ❋ Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1878)

Latin also has dicāre, meaning “to proclaim,” from which English-speakers have the words abdicate, dedicate, and predicament. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

They would no longer abdicate familial and social responsibilities and would undergo “a process of self-purification” to produce a “calm and loving dignity befitting good citizens.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Cross Reference for Abdicate

  • Abdicate cross reference not found!

What does abdicate mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews