Abdicate

English

Etymology

From Latin abdicātus, perfect passive participle of abdicō (“‘abdicate’”), formed from ab + dicō (“‘proclaim, dedicate’”), akin to dīcō (“‘say’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /ˈæbdɪkeɪt/
• (US)
  • SAMPA: /{bdIkEt/

Verb

Infinitive to Abdicate

Third person singular abdicat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Abdicate (third-person singular simple present abdicat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To surrender, renounce 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.

   Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.

   • The cross-bearers abdicated their service. - Edward Gibbon
   • He abdicates all right to be his own governor. - Edmund Burke
   • The understanding abdicates its functions. - James Anthony Froude
2. (transitive) (obsolete) To reject; to cast off. - Bishop Joseph Hall
3. (transitive) (law) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
4. (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
   • Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. Edmund Burke

Synonyms

• (surrender, renounce, or relinquish): give up, relinquish, renounce, quit, vacate, surrender, relent
• (reject; cast off): forsake, abandon, desert, renounce, relent
• (disclaim and expel from family; disown; disinherit): forsake, give up
• (relinquish or renounce a high office or sovereignty): relinquish, renounce, resign, quit, give up, vacate, relent

Derived terms

• abdicable
• abdicant
• abdicator

Related terms

• abdication

Translations

to surrender or relinquish

Bulgarian: отказвам се от bg(bg) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 退位, simpl. 退位 (tuìwèi) Croatian: abdicírati hr(hr) Dutch: afstand doen (van) French: abdiquer fr(fr) German: abdanken de(de) Greek: αποποιούμαι (apopee-oómay) Italian: abdicare it(it)

Norwegian: Bokmål: frasi seg no(no) Nynorsk: fråseie seg nn(nn) Novial: abdika Portuguese: abdicar pt(pt) Spanish: abdicar es(es) Swedish: ge upp sv(sv) Vietnamese: từ bỏ vi(vi)

to reject

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 拒絕, simpl. 拒绝 (jùjué) Dutch: weigeren nl(nl), afwijzen nl(nl) German: verweigern de(de) Interlingua: abdicar Italian: abdicare it(it) Norwegian: Bokmål: avvise no(no) Nynorsk: avvise nn(nn)

Portuguese: abdicar pt(pt) Russian: отказываться ru(ru) Spanish: abdicar es(es) Swedish: avvisa sv(sv) Vietnamese: từ bỏ

to disinherit

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 辭職, simpl. 辞职 (cízhí) Dutch: onterven nl(nl) German: ausstoßen de(de) Italian: abdicare it(it) Norwegian: Bokmål: fornekte no(no) Nynorsk: fornekte nn(nn)

Portuguese: deserdar Spanish: abdicar es(es) Vietnamese: từ bỏ, bỏ

to renounce a throne

Bulgarian: абдикирам bg(bg) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 退出, simpl. 退出 (tuìchū) Croatian: abdicírati hr(hr) Danish: abdicere da(da) Dutch: aftreden, troonsafstand doen, abdiceren French: abdiquer fr(fr) German: abdanken de(de) Greek: παραιτούμαι (paretoómay) Italian: abdicare it(it)

Japanese: 退位する (taii suru) Norwegian: Bokmål: abdisere no(no) Nynorsk: abdisere nn(nn) Novial: abdika Portuguese: abdicar pt(pt) Russian: отрекаться ru(ru) (от престола) Spanish: abdicar es(es) Swedish: abdikera sv(sv) Vietnamese: thoái vị, từ ngôi

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• Macedonian: се одкажува (se odkažuva)
• Slovak: vzdať sa (úradu), odstúpiť, zriecť sa

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS): a - b - d - e - k - a - t

(Version: Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d - e - k

References

• abdicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Italian

Verb form

abdicate

1. second person plural present tense of abdicare
2. second person plural imperative of abdicare

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