- L. abdicatus, p. p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin to dicere to say. See Diction
- To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.The cross-bearers abdicated their service.
- To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.He abdicates all right to be his own governor.The understanding abdicates its functions.
- To reject; to cast off.Obs
- Civil LawTo disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.To give up; quit; vacate; relinquish; forsake; abandon; resign; renounce; desert.
