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abdicate

[ ab-di-keyt ]

verb (used without object)

abdicated, abdicating.
  1. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner:

    The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.

    Synonyms: ,



verb (used with object)

abdicated, abdicating.
  1. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner:

    King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.

    Synonyms: ,

abdicate

/ 藞忙bd瑟藢ke瑟t; 藞忙bd瑟k蓹b蓹l; 忙b藞d瑟k蓹t瑟v /

verb

  1. to renounce (a throne, power, responsibility, rights, etc), esp formally
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • abdicative, adjective
  • abdicable, adjective
  • 藞补产诲颈藢肠补迟辞谤, noun
  • 藢补产诲颈藞肠补迟颈辞苍, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补产路诲颈路肠补路产濒别 [ab, -di-k, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • 补产路诲颈路肠补路迟颈惫别 [ab, -di-key-tiv, -k, uh, -], adjective
  • 补产顎僤颈路肠补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍路补产顎僤颈路肠补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
  • 耻苍路补产顎僤颈路肠补迟顎卐诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路补产顎僤颈路肠补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
  • 耻苍路补产顎僤颈路肠补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of abdicate1

First recorded in 1535鈥45; from Latin 补产诲颈肠腻迟(耻蝉) 鈥渞enounced,鈥 past participle of 补产诲颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o renounce,鈥 from ab- ab- + 诲颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o indicate, consecrate鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of abdicate1

C16: from the past participle of Latin 补产诲颈肠腻谤别 to proclaim away, disclaim
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Critics suggest police are abdicating decision-making about women's safety to an algorithm.

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Our supine Republican Congress, in fear of alienating Musk and Trump, has abdicated its role in this critical balance, handing over control of the purse strings to Trump and Musk.

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The metaphor of a 鈥渕arketplace of ideas鈥 is routinely trotted out by people like Zuckerberg to defend abdicating responsibility for doing what they can to ensure that freedom and democracy thrive.

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But the story that unfolded brought global spotlight on the case, while its complexity put the country's then British rulers in a spot of bother, and eventually forced an Indian king to abdicate.

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By quitting that agreement, the U.S. will abdicate any leadership role when it comes to the most consequential issue facing the international community while reducing pressure on China to curb its greenhouse gas emissions.

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