Abdicate is most often used to describe a head of state or member of a royal family voluntarily renouncing a position. It may also refer to the act of failing to fulfill a duty a responsibility.

ABDICATE definition: 1. If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants…. Learn more.

ABDICATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of abdicate 2. If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a…. Learn more.

Sometimes someone in power might decide to give up that power and step down from his or her position. When they do that, they abdicate their authority, giving up all duties and perks of the job. The original meaning of the verb abdicate came from the combination of the Latin ab- "away" and dicare "proclaim."

ABDICATED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of abdicate 2. If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a…. Learn more.

abdicated, abdicating. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.

The king abdicated the throne. The government abdicated [= abandoned] its responsibility to provide a good education to all citizens.

1. to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen. The king abdicated (the throne) in favour of his son. abdicar aftreden si fra seg tronen abdykować отрекаться. 2. to …

ABDICATE definition: to renounce (a throne , power , responsibility , rights , etc), esp formally | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English

ABDICATE definition: to renounce (a throne , power , responsibility , rights , etc), esp formally | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples