abdicate

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Synonyms: indicate, fabricate, apricate, dedicate, abdicable, abdicative, medicate, abdicated, abdicant, abligate, abdicator

Antonyms: indicate, fabricate, apricate, dedicate, abdicable, abdicative, medicate, abdicated, abdicant, abligate, abdicator

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[disclaim]] and [[expel]] from the family, as a father his child; to [[disown]]; to [[disinherit]]. {{defdate|mid 16th – early 19th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|transitive|reflexive|obsolete}} To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. {{defdate|mid 16th – late 17th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[depose]]. {{defdate|early 17th – late 18th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[reject]]; to [[cast off]]; to discard. {{defdate|mid 16th – late 17th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} 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. {{defdate|from mid 17th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce [[sovereignty]]. {{defdate|First attested in the early 18th c.}}

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