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Synonyms
ab·di·cate (ăb́dĭ-kāt́)

[Latin abdicāre, abdicāt-, to disclaim, ab-, away; see ab–1, + dicāre, to proclaim.]

verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates. 

transitive verb 

To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.

intransitive verb 

To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility.

derivatives

ab́di·ca·ble
adjective
ab́di·cátion
noun
ab́di·cátor
noun