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English to English verb
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give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |  | Example: The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity. | | source: webster1913
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