abdicate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdicō (“to renounce, reject, disclaim”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to dīcō (“to say”). Compare Middle English abdicat (“forsaken, renounced”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/ === Verb === abdicate (third-person singular simple present abdicates, present participle abdicating, simple past and past participle abdicated) (transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.] (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. [mid 16th – late 17th c.] (transitive, obsolete) To depose. [early 17th – late 18th c.] (transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [mid 16th – late 17th c.] (transitive) 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. [from mid 17th c.] Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender. (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== claim grasp maintain occupy retain seize usurp ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “abdicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Verb === abdicate inflection of abdicare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative == Latin == === Verb === abdicāte second-person plural present active imperative of abdicō == Spanish == === Verb === abdicate second-person singular voseo imperative of abdicar combined with te