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Definition of abdicating : of Abdicate

Synonyms:

forgoing, renouncing, capitulating, withdrawing, releasing, disowning, disclaiming, waiving, giving up, shedding

ceasing, retiring, terminating, rejecting, accepting

dispelling, ridding, canceling, disposing, jettisoning, discarding, venting, dismissing, relegating, letting go, parting with, casting off

betraying, crossing, backsliding, abnegating, denying, retracting, disavowing

defecting, surrendering, dropping, quitting, evacuating, forsaking, vacating, relinquishing, leaving, resigning, abandoning, deserting, discontinuing

Usage examples:

• " She'll have him abdicating himself in another minute. - "The Missourian", Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle.
• But the usurpation was not attended with the blessings of heaven: Isaac was stricken with disease before he had reigned a full year, and retired to a monastery to die, abdicating the throne and selecting his brother John as his successor. - "Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)", Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll.
• In this protest Louis said: The constitution of the state guaranteed by the Emperor, my brother, gave me the right of abdicating in favour of my children. - "Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v10", Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne.