abdicate
to give up power or responsibility
TRANSLATION
abdicate= abdanken, zurücktreten, aufgeben abdicate = die Verantwortung (für etwas) entziehen GOOGLE INDEX abdicate: approximately 2,200,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte ABDICATED for a second time as Emperor of the French.
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We mustn’t ABDICATE the responsibility of leadership so advanced machinery supplants the very basis of civilization.
(Forbes magazine)
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We mustn’t ABDICATE the responsibility of leadership so advanced machinery supplants the very basis of civilization.
(Forbes magazine)
Did you
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abdicate (noun = abdication)
verb
- to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen
- to leave or give up (responsibility, power etc)
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The original meaning of the word abdicate stems from the Latin "ab" (away) and "dicare" (to proclaim) and essentially meant to "reject, disavow, disown." In its broadest sense abdication is the act of renouncing and resigning from any formal office, but it is applied especially to the supreme office of state.
In Roman law the term was also applied to the disowning of a family member, such as disinheriting a son. Today the term commonly applies to monarchs or those who have been formally crowned. An elected or appointed official is said to resign rather than to abdicate.
Perhaps the most notable abdication in recent history is that of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. Edward abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson over the objections of the British establishment and the government. It was the first time in history that the British or English crown was surrendered voluntarily.
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SYNONYMS
abandon, cede, give up, leave, relinquish, renounce, step down, vacate
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"As a company, we cannot abdicate our responsibility for the environment."
verb
- to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen
- to leave or give up (responsibility, power etc)
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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The original meaning of the word abdicate stems from the Latin "ab" (away) and "dicare" (to proclaim) and essentially meant to "reject, disavow, disown." In its broadest sense abdication is the act of renouncing and resigning from any formal office, but it is applied especially to the supreme office of state.
In Roman law the term was also applied to the disowning of a family member, such as disinheriting a son. Today the term commonly applies to monarchs or those who have been formally crowned. An elected or appointed official is said to resign rather than to abdicate.
Perhaps the most notable abdication in recent history is that of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. Edward abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson over the objections of the British establishment and the government. It was the first time in history that the British or English crown was surrendered voluntarily.
(partially adapted from Wikipedia)
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SYNONYMS
abandon, cede, give up, leave, relinquish, renounce, step down, vacate
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"As a company, we cannot abdicate our responsibility for the environment."
