abdicate

ab-di-cate · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To formally renounce or give up a throne, power, or responsibility.

  2. 2.

    To fail to fulfill or undertake a responsibility or duty.

Related words

Antonyms: assume, claim, seize
See also: abdication, renounce, resign
Synonyms: relinquish, renounce, resign, step down

Etymology

From Latin abdicare, from ab- (away) + dicare (to proclaim).