Abdicate

Definition: Abdicate

Abdicate

Verb

1. Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee".

Date "abdicate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Synonym: Abdicate

Synonym: renounce (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Laxity	Dethrone, depose; abdicate.
Resignation	Abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Abdicate

English words defined with "abdicate": Abdicated, Abdicating ♦ dethrone ♦ Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart ♦ Nicholas II ♦ Richard II ♦ To renounce probate. (references)

Specialty definitions using "abdicate": Kings. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

On behalf of my country and in the name of the other leaders of the world with whom I have today consulted, I hereby abdicate all authority and control over this planet to General Zod. Only by following all his directives will the lives of millions be spared (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

Why did you abdicate for me then? (Nicholas and Alexandra; writing credit: James Goldman; Robert K. Massie)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Music	The Mayor Will Abdicate (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	A people who accept a charter, abdicate.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Iran	In September 1941, following the Allies' (U.K.-Soviet Union) occupation of western Iran, Reza Shah was forced to abdicate. (references)
	Russia	The ruinous effects of World War I, combined with internal pressures, sparked the March 1917 uprising, which led Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne. (references)
	Afghanistan	Faced with overwhelming armed opposition, Amanullah was forced to abdicate in January 1929 after Kabul fell to forces led by Bacha-i-Saqao, a Tajik brigand. (references)
Political Rights	Bhutan	Finally the decree provided that the National Assembly, by a two-thirds vote of no confidence, can require the King to abdicate and to be replaced by the next person in the line of succession. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Abdicate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 95.56% of the time. "Abdicate" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	95.56%	43	52,181
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.44%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	45	N/A

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Language		Translations for "abdicate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		aftree (quit, resign, retire), afskuiwe, abdikeer (resign), bedank (quit, refuse, reject, resign, thank). (various references)

Albanian		abdikoj (demise, deny, disavow, disclaim, resign). (various references)

Arabic		‏تنازل (back down, cede, concede, concession, condescend, deign, demission, disclaimer, give ground, give in, give up, part with, pass up, recede, recession, relinquish, renounce, renunciation, resignation, stand down, step down, surrender, transfer, waive, waiver, yield), ‏تخلى عن العرش. (various references)

Bulgarian		отказвам се от престола, абдикирам (demit). (various references)

Chinese		退位 (Abdicated, Abdicating). (various references)

Czech		odstoupit (back down, cede, resign, stand back, step aside). (various references)

Dutch		bedanken (quit, resign, thank, withdraw one's name, withdraw one's subscription), afstand doen (resign). (various references)

Esperanto		abdiki (resign), deŝovi. (various references)

Faeroese		fara frá (abandon, desert, forsake, leave, quit, resign). (various references)

Farsi		محروم کردن(ازارث), کناره گیری کردن (Retire, Secede), واگذارکردن (Abandon, Admit, Assign, Cede, Concede, Entrust, Give, Relegate, Remise, Surrender, Title, Transfer, Vest, Yield), تفویض کردن (Devolve, Lodge, Resign, Vouchsafe), ترک گفتن (Walkouton), استعفادادن . (various references)

Finnish		luopua kruunusta. (various references)

French		abdiquer (abandon, abdication). (various references)

Frisian		ôfgean (quit, resign). (various references)

German		abdanken (discharge, dismiss, fire, quit, resign, sack, to abdicate), abdizieren (resign). (various references)

Greek		παραιτούμαι τησ εξουσίασ, παραιτούμαι τού θρόνου, παραιτούμαι δικαιωμάτων, παραιτούμαι (abnegate, desist, disclaim, forgo, give up, go without, leave, quit, relinquish, relinquish to, resign, resign from, waive), εγκαταλείπω (abandon, abnegate, desert, drop out, forsake, give up, jettison, maroon, quit, relinquish, renounce), αρνούμαι αξίωμα, απαρνούμαι (abjure, abnegate, disclaim, disown, renounce, repudiate). (various references)

Hawaiian		abdikoj (resign). (various references)

Hungarian		lemond (abandon, back down, demit, denounce, disclaim, forgo, give up, renounce, resign, to abdicate, to call off, to disclaim, to discontinue, to eschew, to renounce, to resign, to surrender, to throw up, to waive). (various references)

Indonesian		turun tahta. (various references)

Italian		abdicare. (various references)

Korean		퇴위하십시�". (various references)

Manx		lhiggey voish (abdication, cede, forgo), irree ass (cry off, emanate, relinquish, resign, resignation, retire), ceau jeh (lay aside, leave off, pull off, throw off). (various references)

Norwegian		frasi seg. (various references)

Papiamen		abdiká (resign). (various references)

Pig Latin		abdicateay.(various references)

Portuguese		abdicar (cede, demit, give in, give up, give way, relinquish, resign, yield). (various references)

Romanian		abdica de la, abdica (resign, retire), se lepãda (abandon, abjure, forsake, forswear, renounce), renunţa la (abandon, abnegate, back down, cast aside, chuck up, declare off, deny, disclaim, doff, drop, forgo, forsake, give over, lay down, part with, remise, renounce, resign, sacrifice, shunt, sink, spare, surrender, throw up, yield up). (various references)

Russian		отказываться (abjure, abnegate, decline, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, fail to, forgo, forsake, forsaken, forsook, recede, refuse, refused, reject, renounce, repudiate, resign, waive, waived). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		abdicirati, odreći se (abjure, abnegate, back down, deny, disclaim, forgo, forwent, relinquish, remise, renounce, sign away, surrender, waive, withdraw). (various references)

Spanish		abdicar (resign). (various references)

Swedish		avsäga sig (abnegate, renounce), abdikera. (various references)

Turkish		feragat etmek (demise, disclaim, release, relinquish, renounce, sink, stand aside, stand down, surrender, waive), el çekmek (get clear of), çekilmek (be pulled, bolt, bow, bow out, decline, desist, draw away, draw back, draw off, dry up, ebb, edge out, give over, go out, gravitate, opt out, quit, recede, repair, resign, retire, retract, scratch, secede, stand, step aside, step down, walk out, withdraw). (various references)

Ukranian		відмовлятися (abjure, abnegate, back down, backtrack, cast off, discard, forgo, forsake, forswear, jettison, lay aside, lay down, nill, part with, pass up, pretext, recede, refuse, relinquish, renounce, repeal, retract, throw aside, throw out, throw over, waive, withdraw), зрікатися (abjure, abnegate, deny, disclaim, forswear, recant, renege, renegue, renounce, repudiate, resign). (various references)

Welsh		ymddeol (resign, retire, retired). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abdicamus, abdicare, abdico, abire. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "abdicate": abdicated, abdicates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Abdicate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abdelatif, abdicat, abdigate, abdocate, abicate, abidicate, abricate, adakite, adbicate, addicate, Addicoat, adicte, aducate, Baldicote. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "abdicate" (pronounced a"bdukā't)
5	-d u k ā' t	dedicate, eradicate, indicate, predicate, rededicate.
4	-u k ā' t	allocate, aluminosilicate, authenticate, communicate, complicate, deprecate, domesticate, educate, equivocate, excommunicate, extricate, fabricate, intoxicate, misallocate, pontificate, prognosticate, reciprocate, reeducate, replicate, suffocate.
3	-k ā' t	adjudicate, bifurcate, cheapskate, confiscate, implicate, inculcate, locate, lubricate, medicate, obfuscate, prefabricate, sophisticate, truncate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-i-t"
	-2 letters: abated, acedia, baited.
	-3 letters: abaci, abate, abide, aceta, acted, aecia, baaed, bated, bidet, cadet, cebid, ceiba, cited, debit, dicta, edict, tabid.
	-4 letters: abed, abet, aced, acid, acta, adit, aide, bade, bait, bate, bead, beat, beta, bice, bide, bite, cade, cadi, caid, cate, cedi, cite, dace, data, date, debt, dice, diet, dita, dite, edit, etic, iced, idea, tace, tide, tied.
	-5 letters: aba, ace, act, aid, ait, ate, baa, bad, bat, bed, bet, bid, bit, cab, cad, cat, dab, deb, dib, die, dit, eat, eta, ice, tab, tad, tae, tea, ted, tic, tie.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-i-t"
	+1 letter: abdicated, abdicates.
	+2 letters: brachiated, calibrated, fabricated.
	+3 letters: bidialectal, catabolized.
	+4 letters: accreditable, antidiabetic, bactericidal, distractable, recalibrated, syllabicated, uncalibrated.
	+5 letters: antidiabetics, chateaubriand, decarbonating, decarbonation, detachability, particleboard, prefabricated.
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