Definition of abdicate

mediate Definition: (verb) to act to reconcile differences between two parties. Petersons.com

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ab·di·cate    (bd-kt) KEY  

VERB:
ab·di·cat·ed , ab·di·cat·ing , ab·di·cates
VERB:
tr.

To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.

VERB:
intr.

To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin abdicre , abdict-, to disclaim : ab-, away ; see ab- ¹ + dicre, to proclaim; see deik- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
abdi·ca·ble   (-k-bl) KEY  (Adjective), abdi·cation (Noun), abdi·cator (Noun)

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