what does abdicate mean?
ABDICATE as VERB
- Meaning
- give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
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Usage Example(s)
- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
Hypernyms(s) abdicate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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