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ab·di·cate

(

-k

) 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.

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

-b

l) KEY (Adjective), abdi·cation (Noun), abdi·cator (Noun)

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