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The correct spelling is abdicating.
How to pronounce abdicating
verb
Say it like: Abd-ica-tin-g
The correct spelling is abdicating. To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. For example: "Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender."
Usage Examples
“Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
- 2.To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
- 3.To depose.
- 4.To reject; to cast off; to discard.
- 5.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.
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