abdicate
Meaning of abdicate
verb
- (of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor
Ferdinand abdicated the throne in favour of the emperor's brother
- fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty).
mid 16th century: from Latin abdicat- ‘renounced’, from the verb abdicare, from ab- ‘away, from’ + dicare ‘declare’.
Information about abdicate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of abdicate is: abdicates.
- Languages in which abdicate is used:
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Hyphenation of abdicate
ab-di-cate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- abdicate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
abdicate synonyms
Meaning renounce:
Meaning give up (an office, privilege, etc.):
Meaning leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service:
Meaning resign from (a job):
Meaning resign from (an office or position):
Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:
Meaning give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand:
Meaning give up (a position or employment):
Meaning agree to give up or do without:
Meaning solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim):
Meaning give up (power or territory):
Meaning refuse to acknowledge; deny:
Meaning refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
Meaning dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty:
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning indicate or show that one is not willing to do something:
Meaning renounce or reject (something desired or valuable):
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim):
Meaning produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product):
Meaning go without (something desirable):
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning pour (something) out:
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility):
Meaning abandon or leave:
abdicate antonyms
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Translation of abdicate
- German: aufgeben, abdanken, verzichten, zurücktreten
- Italian: abdicare
- French: abdiquer
- Spanish: abdicar
Words that rhyme with abdicate
Cate, cate, abacate, acate, aguacate, butylsebacate, chacate, demiplacate, hydroxysebacate, jacate, opacate, pacate, placate, prevacate, revacate, sacate, sebacate, tetradecylsebacate, vacate, zacate, baccate, bisaccate, braccate, buccate, desiccate, electrodesiccate, exsiccate, insuccate, multisaccate, placcate, resiccate, saccate, siccate, toccate, Hecate, Tecate, apprecate, athecate, decate, defaecate, defecate, deprecate, desecate, endothecate, enecate, epithecate, excecate, exothecate, hecate, hypothecate
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