what is abdicate

abdicate 

Here and there somebody in power may choose to surrender that power and venture down from his or her position. When they do that, they abdicate their power, surrendering all obligations and advantages of the activity. 

The first importance of the verb abdicate originated from the blend of the Latin abdominal muscle "away" and dicare "announce." (Note that in the enchanting connections between dialects with basic roots, the Spanish word for "he says" is dice, which comes specifically from dicare.) The word came to allude to repudiating one's kids, and it wasn't until the seventeenth century that the main utilization of the word identifying with surrendering force or open office was recorded. 

Did You Know? 

Surrender it. English incorporates numerous words for the way toward quit, particularly to surrender a vocation or chose office. Abdicate, a subsidiary of the prefix abdominal muscle (signifying "from," "away," or "off") and the Latin verb dicare (which means to "declare"), has been utilized fundamentally for the individuals who surrender sovereign power or who sidestep an intense duty, (for example, parental obligation). Disavow is frequently utilized as an equivalent word of abdicate, however it adds to that term the recommendation that an individual is surrendering something as a forfeit to accomplish a far more noteworthy end. Leave is another choice when you are depicting a more self evident certainty takeoff from an occupation, office, or trust. 

SENTENCE EXAMPLES 

He consented to abdicate and resign for the following in line for the position of authority. 
The King chose to abdicate for his child. 
Edward VIII was the main British ruler who willfully abdicated the position of authority. 
He abdicated government here, by pronouncing us out of his security and taking up arms against us. 
I need to abdicate the obligation to manage these demonstrations in the right way.