abdicate, v.
(abdicated, abdicates, abdicating)
(abdicated, abdicates, abdicating)
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
<verb.social>
abdicate renounce
sample sentences
"The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"verb frames
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