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abdicate

🇬🇧 UK/'æbdikeit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To formally give up a high position, power, or responsibility, especially a throne

退位,放弃(权力或职责)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
about of, former
+
dicsay, speak, declare
+
ateto make, having
=abdicate

Common Collocations

  • 1.abdicate the throne退位

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The king decided to abdicate the throne.

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