26984 words

abdicate

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen:

Examples:

King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne) in 1936.
2
to stop controlling or managing something that you are in charge of:

Examples:

She abdicated all responsibility for the project.
3
to give up a position as king, or to fail to take responsibility for something:

Examples:

[ T ] Edward VIII abdicated the British throne in 1936.
The administration has abdicated its leadership on this critical issue.

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