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Abdicate

ˈabdɪkeɪt

Abdicate definitions

verb

Inflections:

abdicate abdicated abdicates abdicating

(of a monarch) renounce one's throne

"in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor"

Synonyms:
resign retire quit stand down step down bow out renounce the throne resign from relinquish renounce give up hand over turn over deliver up surrender vacate forswear abjure cede
fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty)

"she charged the board with abdicating its responsibilities"

Synonyms:
disown turn down spurn reject renounce give up avoid refuse abnegate relinquish abjure repudiate waive yield forgo abandon surrender deliver up disgorge cast aside drop turn one's back on wash one's hands of