abdicate

abdicate is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
3. transitive verb. To reject; to cast off.
4. transitive verb. To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
5. intransitive verb. To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
6. verb. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

   "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

   Synonyms: renounce

Synonyms

renounce

Common word forms

abdicated, abdicates, abdicating

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for ABDICATE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.