abdicate
v. relinquish office or power, resign; renounce, give up | ||||
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Abdicate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
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.
(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.
(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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abdicate
Verb
1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
(synonym) renounce
(hypernym) vacate, resign, renounce, give up
(derivation) abdication, stepping down
Verb
1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
(synonym) renounce
(hypernym) vacate, resign, renounce, give up
(derivation) abdication, stepping down
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
abdicate
1: to cast off: 2: to relinquish (as sovereign power) formally , to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function . UN:abdicate implies a giving up of sovereign power or sometimes an evading of responsibility such as that of a parent.
eg1:Moved in equal parts by ambition, restlessness, and an impulse to do good, he has filled any and all roles abdicated by the faineant previous rectors.
eg2:Other Javanese rulers who were forced to abdicate after the Dutch firmly established their colonial rule in Java in 1830 fared a worse fate, be it death, exile or prison such as former president Sukarno who died in military detention in 1970.
1: to cast off: 2: to relinquish (as sovereign power) formally , to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function . UN:abdicate implies a giving up of sovereign power or sometimes an evading of responsibility such as that of a parent.
eg1:Moved in equal parts by ambition, restlessness, and an impulse to do good, he has filled any and all roles abdicated by the faineant previous rectors.
eg2:Other Javanese rulers who were forced to abdicate after the Dutch firmly established their colonial rule in Java in 1830 fared a worse fate, be it death, exile or prison such as former president Sukarno who died in military detention in 1970.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abdicate
abdicate
abdicant \ab"di*cant\ (&?;), a. [l. abdicans, p. pr. of abdicare.] abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. monks abdicant of their orders.
abdicate
abdicant \ab"di*cant\ (&?;), a. [l. abdicans, p. pr. of abdicare.] abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. monks abdicant of their orders.
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abdicate
To give up (royal power or the like).
To give up (royal power or the like).
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
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Abdicate Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Abdicate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Abdication
Abdication (from the Latin abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one) is the act of renouncing and resigning from a formal office, especially from the supreme office of state. In Roman law the term was also applied to the disowning of a family member, as the disinheriting of a son. The term commonly applies to monarchs, or those who have been formally crowned. A similar term for an elected or appointed official is resignation.
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