Определение to abdicate в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit
disapproval If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer. Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children. + abdication ab·di·ca·tion There had been a complete abdication of responsibility
If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen. The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848. + abdication ab·di·ca·tion the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII
To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy