abdicate definition
abdication (æbdɪkeɪʃən ) uncountable noun. ...the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII. 2. transitive verb. If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer. [formal , disapproval] Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children. abdicate verb (KING/QUEEN) › [ I or T ] If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen: King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne) in 1936. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. a substance containing a virus or bacterium in a form that is not harmful, given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease that the virus or bacterium causes. 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. [imp. & p. p. Abdicated ( ); p. pr. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017. ab•di•cate /ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to give up (an important position, responsibility, authority, duties, a high office, etc.): [~ + object]He abdicated the throne of England.[no object]He decided to abdicate. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017. ab•di•cate (ab′di kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.i. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner:The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. The word abdication derives from the Latin abdicatio meaning to disown or renounce (from ab, away from, and dicare, to dedicate or relinquish). In its broadest sense abdication is the act of renouncing and resigning from any formal office, but it is applied especially to the supreme office of state. In Roman law the term was also applied to the disowning of a family member, such as the disinheriting of a son. Examples from the Web for abdication. Contemporary Examples. Well, maybe the abdication was a bigger deal, but still, a Harry video will be huge, and a major nightmare for the palace. Rumours of Naked Harry Video Gather Force Tom Sykes August 27, 2012. Contemporary Examples. 1  Well, maybe the abdication was a bigger deal, but still, a Harry video will be huge, and a major nightmare for the palace. 2  Bergoglio is 76 years old—nine years younger than Benedict at the time of his abdication. 3  abdication brought her to the throne, but it will not be the way she leaves it. 1550s, a disowning, from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) renunciation, abdication, noun of action from past participle stem of abdicare (see abdicate); sense of resignation of sovereignty is from 1680s.
Sense of resignation of sovereignty.