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translations for
abdicate
abdanken
abdizieren
Ausstößen
verweigern
zurücktreten
Definition of abdicate
To
disclaim
and
expel
from the family, as a father his child; to
disown
; to
disinherit
.
To
depose
.
To
surrender
,
renounce
or
relinquish
, as sovereign power; to
withdraw
definitely
from filling or
exercising
, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce
sovereignty
.
Examples
to
abdicate
the throne, the crown, the papacy
Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender
Related words
abdication
abdicative
abdicator
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abdicate#Inglese|abdicate
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