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Verb abdicates, abdicating, abdicated
abdicate - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
		renounce
		vacate, renounce, resign, give up leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

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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.
abdicate (v. t.)
To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
abdicate (v. t.)
To reject; to cast off.
abdicate (v. t.)
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
abdicate (v. i.)
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

abdicate
To renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, in a formal manner.

abdicate
ab′di-kāt, v.t. and v.i. formally to renounce or give up office or dignity.—adj. Ab′dicant.—n. Abdicā′tion. [L. ab, from or off, dicāre, -ātum, to proclaim.]