abdicate

UK /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/ US /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

2

To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.

3

To depose.

4

To reject; to cast off; to discard.

[W]e were legally call'd by his Majeſties writ to give our Attendance in Parliament, […] if we did not, we ſhould betray the Truſt committed to us by his Majeſtie, and ſhamefully betray and abdicate the due right both of our ſelves and Succeſſours.

5

To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.

to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy

Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.

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