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Abdication (from the Latin abdicatio , disowning, renouncing, from ab , away from, and dicare , to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one) is the act of renouncing and resigning from a fo...
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Abdicate - Definition of Abdicate at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Abdicate. Look it up now! ... to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
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Definition of abdicate in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of abdicate. Pronunciation of abdicate. Translations of abdicate. abdicate synonyms, abdicate antonyms. Information about abdicate in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... The Allies defeated Napoleon, entered Paris, forced Napoleon to abdicate,
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Definition of abdicate from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... synonyms abdicate, renounce, resign mean to give up a position with no possibility of resuming it. abdicate implies a giving up of sovereign power or sometimes an evading of...
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Abdicate dictionary. Provides extensive definitions, pronunciations and translations. ... Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
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Find Synonym of abdicate and Antonym of abdicate at Thesaurus.com, Synonym, Synonyms, Thesaurus, Synonym Dictionary, Synonyms Dictionary, Antonym, Antonyms, Antonym Dictionary, Antonyms Dictionary ... abdicate, back out, bail out, bow out, chicken out, cop out, cut loose, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch*, drop,
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Definition of abdicate in the AudioEnglish.net Dictionary. Meaning of abdicate. What does abdicate mean? Proper usage and pronunciation (in phonetic transcription) of the word abdicate. Information about abdicate in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. ... • ABDICATE (verb); The verb ABDICATE has 1 sense:
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First World War.com - A multimedia history of world war one ... Decree of Abdication ... The Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, signed his enforced abdication (in favour of Grand Duke Mikhail, who effectively declined power) on 15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar) at 3.05 p.m.
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With Germany actively seeking an armistice and revolution threatening, calls for Kaiser Wilhelm II to abdicate grew in intensity. Wilhelm was himself deeply reluctant to make such a sacrifice, instead expressing a preference to lead his armies back into Germany from the Western Front.
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