Abdicate Meaning. The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. First recorded 1610s in English it was in classical Latin.
To give up the position of being king or queen King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his eldest son. First recorded 1610s in English it was in classical Latin. The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds.
Abdicate definition to renounce or relinquish a throne right power claim responsibility or the like especially in a formal manner.
She abdicated all responsibility for the. To refuse to be responsible for something when you should be or were before The government has largely abdicated its responsibility in dealing with housing needs. Socialite Wallis Simpson led to the kings abdication in 1936. The original meaning of the verb abdicate came from the combination of the Latin ab- away.
