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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•di•cate /ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to give up (an important position, responsibility, authority, duties, a high office, etc.): [~ + object]He abdicated the throne of England.[no object]He decided to abdicate.
ab•di•ca•tion /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•di•cate (ab′di kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.i. - to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner:The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
v.t. - to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), esp. in a voluntary, public, or formal manner:King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.
- Latin abdicātus renounced (past participle of abdicāre), equivalent. to ab- ab- + dicātus proclaimed (dic- (see dictum) + -ātus -ate1)
- 1535–45;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged resign, quit.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abandon, repudiate.
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