verb · transitive · rare

abdicate

abdicate · abdicates · abdicated · abdicating

здаватися, кидати, здатися

отречься, слагать полномочия, отрекаться

abdanken

To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign powerTo surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.

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/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/

» The king abdicated for health issues.

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
abdanken
слагать полномочияslagatʹ polnomočija
(intransitive)To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
abdanken
отрека́тьсяotrekátʹsja, отре́чьсяotréčʹsja
(obsolete, transitive)To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
ausstoßen
(obsolete, reflexive, transitive)To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
(obsolete, transitive)To depose.
(obsolete, transitive)To reject; to cast off; to discard.
verweigern
отка́зыватьсяotkázyvatʹsja, отказа́тьсяotkazátʹsja

More definitions

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

Examples

16 sentences

The king abdicated for health issues.
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The king was forced to abdicate.
ruКороля вынудили отречься от престола.
deDer König wurde zur Abdankung gezwungen.
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The king abdicated without designating an heir.
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After a long reign, the rajah abdicated in favor of his son.
ruПосле долгого правления раджа отрёкся от престола в пользу сына.
deNach einer langen Regierungszeit dankte der Radscha zugunsten seines Sohnes ab.
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The king must abdicate.
ruКороль должен отречься.
deDer König muss abdanken.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to reject, cast off, discard:

to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising:

to renounce a throne or other high office:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit:

to reject, cast off, discard:

to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising:

Origin

First attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive parti

First attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdicō (“to renounce, reject, disclaim”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to dīcō (“to say”). Compare Middle English abdicat (“forsaken, renounced”).

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