Abdicate

Definition of abdicate:

part of speech: verb

To give up; abandon; resign, as a throne.

part of speech: noun

ABDICATION.

part of speech: verb

To renounce or give up ( a high office).

Usage examples for abdicate:

• He managed to hold out for seven days, after which the citadel was captured by the rebels, and he was forced to abdicate on the 19th of March. "History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)", S. Rappoport.

• But St. Alais was not the man to be long wanting to his part, nor one to abdicate of his free will a leadership which vigour and audacity had secured for him. "The Red Cockade", Stanley J. Weyman.

• The senate, therefore, immediately sent letters to the camp, recalling the consuls to Rome with all possible speed, and commanding them to forbear from acting against the enemies, and to abdicate the consulship on the first opportunity. "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.