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abdicate
What does abdicate mean?
abdicate (verb): to relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce abdicate?
/ˈæbdəˌkeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does abdicate come from?
First attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdicō (“to renounce, reject, disclaim”), formed from ab (“away”) + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to dīcō (“to say”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of abdicate?
Words related to abdicate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “abdicate” mean?
to relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty
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to make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in
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to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch
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provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
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Which word is closest in meaning to “abdicate”?
collapse
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compound
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advocate
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renounce
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