Abdicate

['æbdɪkeɪt] or ['æbdɪket]

Definition

(verb.) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; 'The King abdicated when he married a divorcee'.

Checker: Maryann--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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

(v. t.) To reject; to cast off.

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

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

Typist: Murray

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Resign (an office or dignity), surrender (a right), cede, forego, renounce, relinquish, abandon, quit, vacate, give up, part with, lay down, renounce all claim to.

v. n. Resign, relinquish office (especially that of a king), vacate the throne.

Checker: Thelma

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Abandon, relinquish, resign, surrender, vacate

ANT:Retain, maintain, claim, occupy, assert, grasp, seize, usurp

Typed by Annette

Definition

v.t. and v.i. formally to renounce or give up office or dignity.—adj. Ab′dicant.—n. Abdicā′tion.

Typed by Lillian