29 January 2018
abdicate
[ab-di-keyt]
verb (used without object), abdicated, abdicating.
1. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner:
The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
verb (used with object), abdicated, abdicating.
2. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner:
King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.
Origin of abdicate
Latin
1535-1545; < Latin abdicātus renounced (past participle of abdicāre), equivalent to ab- ab- + dicātus proclaimed ( dic- (see dictum ) + -ātus -ate1)
Related forms
abdicable [ab-di-kuh-buh l], adjective
abdicative [ab-di-key-tiv, -kuh-], adjective
abdicator, noun
nonabdicative, adjective
unabdicated, adjective
Can be confused
abdicate, abrogate, arrogate, derogate.
Synonyms
1. resign, quit. 2. abandon, repudiate.
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Examples from the Web for abdicate
Contemporary Examples
A palace insider however insisted to the Daily Beast today that the Queen was not about to abdicate.
Could The Queen Abdicate on Christmas Day?
Tom Sykes
December 17, 2014
Juan Carlos is the second European monarch to abdicate in just over a year.
Shock As King Juan Carlos of Spain Abdicates
Tom Sykes
June 2, 2014
Much like the British monarchy, when the current Aga Khan is ready to abdicate his post, he will personally choose a successor.
Model Kendra Spears Engaged to a Shi’a Prince
Misty White Sidell
April 30, 2013
Anagram
acid beat
cat abide
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On this day
29 January 1860 – birth of Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer, considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. One of the seminal figures in the birth of modernism. Chekhov was also a medical doctor. His works include ‘The Bear’, ‘The Cherry Orchard’, ‘The Seagull’, ‘The Lady with the Dog’. Died 15 July 1904.
29 January 1979 – 16 year old, Brenda Spencer shoots two men dead and wounds nine children at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego. She allegedly claimed that she did it because it was a Monday and she didn’t like Mondays. She was sentenced to 25 years jail. The Boomtown Rats released a song about the incident, entitled ‘I Don’t Like Mondays‘.