Word of the Day
May 01, 2026
ABDICATE
- is to renounce or relinquish a position of usually sovereign power.
- to give up (power or office)
- to give up formally [v ABDICATED, ABDICATES, ABDICATING] : ABDICABLE [adj], ABDICATION [n]
- to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.).
- to renounce or surrender formally, as one's power or office [v ABDICATED, ABDICATING, ABDICATES]
- usually means to renounce a position of power, such as a throne, high office, dignity, or function.
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