abdicate

  • 21abdicate —   Ha alele, waiho.    ♦ Abdicate a throne, ha alele noho ali i …

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  • 22abdicate — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, acknowledge defeat, be pensioned, be superannuated, cashier, cast, cease, cede, cry quits, demit, desist from, drop, forgo, forswear, give over, give up, hand over, have done with, jettison, lay down,… …

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  • 23abdicate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. relinquish, resign, renounce, abandon, quit, surrender. See relinquishment, resignation. Ant., retain, maintain. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. relinquish, give up, renounce, withdraw; see abandon 1 , resign …

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  • 24abdicate — see INDICATE …

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  • 25abdicate — ab·di·cate || æbdɪkeɪt v. relinquish office or power, resign; renounce, give up …

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  • 26abdicate — [ abdɪkeɪt] verb 1》 (of a monarch) renounce the throne. 2》 fail to fulfil or undertake (a duty). Derivatives abdication noun abdicator noun Origin C16: from L. abdicat , abdicare renounce , from ab away, from + dicare declare …

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  • 27abdicate — I. v. a. Resign (an office or dignity), surrender (a right), cede, forego, renounce, relinquish, abandon, quit, vacate, give up, part with, lay down, renounce all claim to. II. v. n. Resign, relinquish office, (especially that of a king), vacate… …

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  • 28abdicate — verb 1) the king abdicated in 1936 Syn: resign, retire, stand down, step down, bow out, renounce the throne; archaic demit Ant: be crowned 2) Ferdinand abdicated the throne Syn: resign f …

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  • 29abdicate — v 1. resign, renounce, give up claim or right to, Law. disclaim, lay down, part with, retire from, vacate, abnegate, Chiefly Scot. demit; relinquish, let go, deliver up, hand over, turn over; surrender, yield, cede, give way. 2. abandon, forsake …

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  • 30abdicate — ab·di·cate …

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