Phonetics:
/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/
Meanings:
verb
Definition: To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
Definition: To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
Definition: To depose.
Definition: To reject; to cast off; to discard.
Definition: To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
Example: Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
Definition: To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.