Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to abdicate
Participle: abdicated
Gerund: abdicating
Indicative
Present
| I | abdicate |
| you | abdicate |
| he;she;it | abdicates |
| we | abdicate |
| you | abdicate |
| they | abdicate |
Perfect
| I | have abdicated |
| you | have abdicated |
| he;she;it | has abdicated |
| we | have abdicated |
| you | have abdicated |
| they | have abdicated |
Past
| I | abdicated |
| you | abdicated |
| he;she;it | abdicated |
| we | abdicated |
| you | abdicated |
| they | abdicated |
Pluperfect
| I | had abdicated |
| you | had abdicated |
| he;she;it | had abdicated |
| we | had abdicated |
| you | had abdicated |
| they | had abdicated |
Future
| I | will abdicate |
| you | will abdicate |
| he;she;it | will abdicate |
| we | will abdicate |
| you | will abdicate |
| they | will abdicate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abdicated |
| you | will have abdicated |
| he;she;it | will have abdicated |
| we | will have abdicated |
| you | will have abdicated |
| they | will have abdicated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | abdicate |
| you | abdicate |
| he;she;it | abdicate |
| we | abdicate |
| you | abdicate |
| they | abdicate |
Perfect
| I | have abdicated |
| you | have abdicated |
| he;she;it | have abdicated |
| we | have abdicated |
| you | have abdicated |
| they | have abdicated |
Imperfect
| I | abdicated |
| you | abdicated |
| he;she;it | abdicated |
| we | abdicated |
| you | abdicated |
| they | abdicated |
Pluperfect
| I | had abdicated |
| you | had abdicated |
| he;she;it | had abdicated |
| we | had abdicated |
| you | had abdicated |
| they | had abdicated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would abdicate |
| you | would abdicate |
| he;she;it | would abdicate |
| we | would abdicate |
| you | would abdicate |
| they | would abdicate |
Perfect
| I | would have abdicated |
| you | would have abdicated |
| he;she;it | would have abdicated |
| we | would have abdicated |
| you | would have abdicated |
| they | would have abdicated |
Imperative
| you | abdicate |
| we | Let's abdicate |
| you | abdicate |
Verbs conjugated like 'abdicate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'abdicate'
abjudicate,
abligate,
adiate,
apricate,
dedicate,
fabricate,
indicate,
medicate,
radicate,
ubicate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- relinquish
- abandon, disavow, disclaim, cede, quit, renounce, resign, retire
Antonyms
- relinquish
- keep, pursue, perpetuate, persevere
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1541, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from L.
abdicatus, pp. of
abdicare "disown, disinherit" (specifically
abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), from
ab- "away" +
dicare "proclaim," from stem of
dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Meaning "divest oneself of office" first recorded 1618.
2. 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”).
3. Compare typologically abandon, Russian отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja), отре́чься (otréčʹsja).
Verbs referencing "abdicate"
Norwegian
abdisere, Finnish with old forms
abdikoida, Esperanto
abdiki, Ido abdikar.
Sample Sentences
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[W]e were legally call'd by his Majeſties writ to give our Attendance in Parliament, […] if we did not, we ſhould betray the Truſt committed to us by his Majeſtie, and ſhamefully betray and abdicate the due right both of our ſelves and Succeſſours. [1647 June 8 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Hall, “Bishop Hall’s Hard Measure”, in The Shaking of the Olive-Tree. The Remaining Works of that Incomparable Prelate Joseph Hall, D.D. […], London: […] J. Cadwel for J[ohn] Crooke, […], published 1660, →OCLC, page 48:]
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to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
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Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
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The cross-bearers abdicated their service. [1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:]
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He abdicates all right to be his own governor. [1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:]
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The understanding abdicates its functions. [1856, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth:]
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Although the 1970s ushered in a culture of relative moral freedom, the courts refused to abdicate their role of custodians of public morality. [2022, Janet Loveless, Mischa Allen, Caroline Derry, chapter 12, in Complete Criminal Law, 8th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, 12.2.5, page 649:]
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Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. [1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:]