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Definition of Abdicate

Abdicate 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. Related Definitions: Abdicate, And, As, Authority, Cast, Child, Crown, Definitely, Dignity, Disclaim, Disinherit, Disown, Duty, Exercising, Expel, Family, Father, Filling, From, High, His, Of, Off, Office, Or, Other, Papacy, Power, Reject, Relinquish, Renounce, Right, Said, Sovereign, Station, Surrender, The, Throne, To, Trust, Withdraw

Abdicate Quotations Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. Marshall McLuhan A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. Marlene Dietrich But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything. Pat Robertson I would abdicate. Ludwig von Mises I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it. Wallis Simpson

Abdicate Translations abdicate in Dutch is bedanken, neerleggen, afstand doen abdicate in French is abdiquent, abdiquez, abdiquer, abdiquons abdicate in German is abdanken, entsagen abdicate in Italian is abbandonare abdicate in Latin is abdico abdicate in Norwegian is frasi seg abdicate in Spanish is abdicar, expedir

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