abdicate
31abdicate — verb Syn: resign, retire, stand down, step down, renounce the throne …
32abdicate — [ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt] verb 1) [I/T] if a king or queen abdicates, he or she formally gives up being king or queen 2) [T] formal to stop accepting responsibility for something abdication [ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
33abdicate — ab•di•cate [[t]ˈæb dɪˌkeɪt[/t]] v. cat•ed, cat•ing 1) to give up or renounce (authority, duties, a high office, etc.), esp. in a voluntary, public, or formal manner 2) to renounce or relinquish a throne, office, right, power, claim, or… …
34abdicate — /ˈæbdəkeɪt / (say abduhkayt) verb (abdicated, abdicating) –verb (i) 1. to renounce a throne or some claim; relinquish a right, power, or trust. –verb (t) 2. to give up or renounce (office, duties, authority, etc.), especially in a public or… …
35abdicate — Entirely to renounce, throw off, disown, relinquish. People v Board of Police (NY) 26 Barb 487, 501 …
36abdicate — see INDICATE …
37abdicate — v.tr. 1 (usu. absol.) give up or renounce (the throne). 2 renounce (a responsibility, duty, etc.). Derivatives: abdication n. abdicator n. Etymology: L abdicare abdicat (as AB , dicare declare) …
38Abdicated — Abdicate Ab di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abdicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abdicating}.] [L. abdicatus, p. p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin to dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw… …
39Abdicating — Abdicate Ab di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abdicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abdicating}.] [L. abdicatus, p. p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin to dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw… …
40abdication — abdicate ► VERB 1) (of a monarch) renounce the throne. 2) fail to fulfil or undertake (a duty). DERIVATIVES abdication noun. ORIGIN Latin abdicare renounce …
