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abdicate
abdicateverbCollocations from this entryCollocations from other entriesCollocations from the corpusWord sets 1Phrases from this entryCorpus examplesabdicateabdicatesabdicatedabdicatingabdicateab‧di‧cate /Eˆ?¦bdE?keE?t/
verb [intransitive and transitive]Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: past participle of abdicare, from ab- �away, off’ + dicare �to say publicly’
Verb form1to give up the position of being king or queen:
King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his eldest son.abdicateoldThe king was forced to abdicate the throne.beforce2abdicate (your) responsibilityformalRESPONSIBLE
to refuse to be responsible for something, when you should be or were before:
The government has largely abdicated its responsibility in dealing with housing needs.haveabdicatedealhouseneed—abdicationabdicationsabdication /EŒ?¦bdE™EˆkeE?EƒE™n, EŒ?¦bdE?EˆkeE?EƒE™n/noun [uncountable and countable]