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abdicating

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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."

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

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
  2. 2.To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
  3. 3.To depose.
  4. 4.To reject; to cast off; to discard.
  5. 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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