abdicate
verb /ˈæbdɪkeɪt/
/ˈæbdɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they abdicate | /ˈæbdɪkeɪt/ /ˈæbdɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it abdicates | /ˈæbdɪkeɪts/ /ˈæbdɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple abdicated | /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle abdicated | /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form abdicating | /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to give up the position of being king, queen or emperor
- He abdicated in favour of his son.
- abdicate something She was forced to abdicate the throne of Spain.
WordfinderTopics Historyc2- abdicate
- accede
- crown
- king
- government
- monarch
- throne
- reign
- royal
- succession
- [transitive] abdicate responsibility/your responsibilities to fail or refuse to perform a dutyTopics Difficulty and failurec2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin abdicat- ‘renounced’, from the verb abdicare, from ab- ‘away, from’ + dicare ‘declare’.