abdicate
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.
Other meanings
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
Antonyms
- claim
- grasp
- maintain
- occupy
- retain
- seize
Related words
- abdicative
- unabdicate
- abdicable
- abdicant
- abdication
- abdicator
Word history
From Latin "abdicātus" (renounced).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “abdicate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.