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8 letters word
13 points in Scrabble
15 points in WWF

Definitions for ABDICATE in dictionary:

VERB:

fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty)
give up a responsibility
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.
To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
To reject; to cast off.
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
(of a monarch) renounce one's throne

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to give up formally

Words related to ABDICATE

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Words that contain ABDICATE

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How to use ABDICATE in a sentence

Photius tried, by cruel ill-treatment, to force the aged Ignatius to abdicate, and by a well-contrived fabrication endeavored to obtain the support of Pope Nicholas I.
KING OF GREECE DEPOSED King Constantine I of Greece was forced by the Allies to abdicate his throne on June 12, 1917, in favor of his second son, Prince Alexander.
Turmoil and intrigue continued, and pressure was brought to bear upon Constantine which compelled him to abdicate the throne.
Czar Nicholas was promptly compelled to abdicate the throne for himself and his young son.
November 9th the Kaiser was compelled by the revolutionists to abdicate, and the crown prince signed a renunciation of his right to the succession.
Clear thinking makes clear writing, and he who has shown himself so eminently capable of it in one case is not to be supposed to abdicate intentionally in others.
Barricades appeared in Paris, the king was forced to abdicate, and took refuge with his family in England.
There is no talk and no other intelligence about Napoleon, except that he had been compelled by the two Houses of Legislature to abdicate the throne.
It was a position of which, till the time came to abdicate, she had not sufficiently appreciated the value.
The Viceroy of India permitted him to abdicate and gave him a generous allowance, which was much better treatment than the villain was entitled to.

The emperor in his weakness was ready to abdicate but died before that stage was reached.
In 420 the puppet had to abdicate and Liu Yue became emperor.
Having resolved to abdicate all his power and titles in favor of his son, he convened the States of the Low Countries at Brussels on the 25th of October, 1555.
It was in many respects such an act as if the President of the United States should abdicate in favor of some one of his own choice.
He was resolved not to abdicate, and his subjects were resolved to support him.
June 12 King Constantine of Greece was forced to abdicate and on June 29, Greece entered the war on the side of the Allies.
It was then that Brock cruelly but effectively declared his intention to abdicate, as he also had a reputation to preserve.
He then assumed the title of tribune, but, after indulging in a life of reckless extravagance and pomp for a few months, he was compelled to abdicate, and fly for his life.
But it is hard to see how it will abdicate in favour of a new one.
David answered by laughing outright, a pleasant sound, not guiltless of a suggestion of sleep, a laugh of good nature that refuses to abdicate.
The Young Turk won in 1909, and Abdul Hamid was called on to abdicate.
All the other magistrates were obliged to abdicate, and no exception was made even in favor of the Tribunes.
There was really no reason why he should abdicate the little that was his own.
He must abdicate, and accept what terms the enemy offered.
But the sequel proved that he did not abdicate his position too early.
Possessing liberty, we must not abdicate it by yielding to passions, and treat ourselves as if there were nothing in us that merits respect.
The king was compelled to abdicate, and the whole country was incorporated in the dominion of Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
The brute cannot surrender his appetites nor abdicate his primary right to dominate his environment.
We possess a power we cannot abdicate, or we cease to be men.
Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.
In other words, a democracy sometimes knows when to abdicate.
It may put an end to its own existence or abdicate.

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