abdicate [abdicated, abdicating, abdicates](to renounce a throne or other high office) verb [UK: ˈæb.dɪk.eɪt] [US: ˈæb.dəˌket]
abdicate [abdicated, abdicating, abdicates](to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising) verb [UK: ˈæb.dɪk.eɪt] [US: ˈæb.dəˌket]