Abdicate
Definition of Abdicate
Ab´di`cate | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To renounce; to relinquish; - said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc. | | 3. | To reject; to cast off. | | 4. | (Civil Law) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. | | v. i. | 1. | To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity. |
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