Thesaurus: abdicate

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1. v. t. To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.
2. v. t. To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
3. v. t. To reject; to cast off.
4. v. t. To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
5. v. i. To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
6. v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
7. To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child;to disown; to disinherit.
8. v:100 v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations